Yes, in truth, all the BRICS realize the danger posed by the US Empire and are opposed to it, but they fall into two general blocs as to how they play the global situation:
1. China, Russia, and now Iran are in a bloc of declared Empire enemies. They share an interest in working together to directly oppose the Empire.
2. The others, led by India and Brazil, are nominally "neutral" (or in the case of Saudi Arabia, still nominally an Empire "ally"). While having long-term incentives to work with the enemies bloc to ensure that they are free from control of (and possible punishment by) the Empire, this bloc does have incentives to advance its short-term interests by playing between the Empire and the Enemies. This will make the work of the BRICS as a unified force to oppose the global hegemony of the Empire a task requiring careful diplomacy.
A particular area in which we can observe this difficulty is in the formation of financial systems outside those controlled by the Empire. After seeing what was done to Russia, every BRIC nation (and any others currently outside the Empire) have been put on notice that they need to take action to develop systems that protect themselves from the possibility of having the same happen to them. But the pseudo-neutral nations need to advance carefully to avoid being placed in the Enemies bloc before they are ready to fully defend their interests against the Empire.
I completely agree - I was focused more on the strategic advances of Russia and China, and not the specific BRICS members and those in process of joining. And I didn't even mention the US "loss" of Saudi, which destroys the fulcrum of US strategy in the Middle East.
I also agree with you that the BRICS evolution (and decline of US dollar and Empire) will be incremental - unless there is either a climate collapse (e.g. food supply) or nuclear war.
I'm somewhat less optimistic than you.
Yes, in truth, all the BRICS realize the danger posed by the US Empire and are opposed to it, but they fall into two general blocs as to how they play the global situation:
1. China, Russia, and now Iran are in a bloc of declared Empire enemies. They share an interest in working together to directly oppose the Empire.
2. The others, led by India and Brazil, are nominally "neutral" (or in the case of Saudi Arabia, still nominally an Empire "ally"). While having long-term incentives to work with the enemies bloc to ensure that they are free from control of (and possible punishment by) the Empire, this bloc does have incentives to advance its short-term interests by playing between the Empire and the Enemies. This will make the work of the BRICS as a unified force to oppose the global hegemony of the Empire a task requiring careful diplomacy.
A particular area in which we can observe this difficulty is in the formation of financial systems outside those controlled by the Empire. After seeing what was done to Russia, every BRIC nation (and any others currently outside the Empire) have been put on notice that they need to take action to develop systems that protect themselves from the possibility of having the same happen to them. But the pseudo-neutral nations need to advance carefully to avoid being placed in the Enemies bloc before they are ready to fully defend their interests against the Empire.
I completely agree - I was focused more on the strategic advances of Russia and China, and not the specific BRICS members and those in process of joining. And I didn't even mention the US "loss" of Saudi, which destroys the fulcrum of US strategy in the Middle East.
I also agree with you that the BRICS evolution (and decline of US dollar and Empire) will be incremental - unless there is either a climate collapse (e.g. food supply) or nuclear war.