You are exactly right. vansdan never mentions anything about a military alliance or bringing down the empire militarily, so it seems that Chang Chokaski has decided to employ a classic straw-man rhetorical tactic to imply that you are uninformed.
You created a straw-man argument. Started talking about military when the discussion never mentioned that. To pretend otherwise is quite disingenuous and embarrassing.
You are exactly right. vansdan never mentions anything about a military alliance or bringing down the empire militarily, so it seems that Chang Chokaski has decided to employ a classic straw-man rhetorical tactic to imply that you are uninformed.
What exactly is the straw-man ?
Your reply to vansdan states that BRICS is not a military alliance. vansdan never said or implied that it is. You used a straw-man argument.
Vansdan states -> "BRICS has what it takes to topple this rotten empire"
What does that mean? Does it mean topple it militarily? strategically? economically? financially? He didn't specify.
My response: I explained WHAT BRICS is (trading alliance) and what it isn't (military/strategic alliance)
So again, I'm hoping you understand WHAT a strawman argument is - as there is NONE in my response.
You created a straw-man argument. Started talking about military when the discussion never mentioned that. To pretend otherwise is quite disingenuous and embarrassing.
I didn't start talking about anything. I explained WHAT BRICS is and isn't.
Please re-read the comments to understand them better.
Strawman fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man