BRICS expands with 9 new partner countries. Now it's half of world population, 41% of global economy

[@RebeccaStallion]

Well it's time for the BRICS- New World Order to come up with a default reserve currency or simply go back to gold as the reserve. It will be too chaotic for each country to trade in their respective currencies with the daily change in exchange rates.

[@Franklin-gq4si]

All big corps are just a cohort of centralised system working together, and any damage to one can have a dangerous ripple effect on every other one. I learned a long time ago to not trust corporations. Most of my money is in the stock market and my businesses. I keep only what I need to spend in my checking account.

[@williamDonaldson432]

Ironically, these are the conditions in which life-changing money is made by those who remain calm, patient, and take controlled risks. Volatility goes both ways. The banks are in a big crisis. The market looks very shaky. The bigger the red candles, the bigger the green ones. I have made over $280k in the last 14 months by investing through my FA.

[@foreverlaura-fq4eu]

@@williamDonaldson432 How can I reach this adviser of yours? because I'm seeking for a more effective investment approach on my savings

[@foreverlaura-fq4eu]

How can I reach this adviser of yours? because I'm seeking for a more effective investment approach on my savings

[@williamDonaldson432]

Finding financial advisors like Rebecca Lynne Buie who can assist you shape your portfolio would be a very creative option. There will be difficult times ahead, and prudent personal money management will be essential to navigating them.

[@keyvleon]

as a South East Asian we've seen how first hand much US monetary policy has continued to affect our own currency, it's time to limit USD's influence. no country should be at the mercy of another country's whims

[@tmadden4951]

Always been this way

[@tonyryan43]

You may not be aware of this but Australia is in the same position. We had barely escaped the British Empire stranglehold in 2019 when the US took over following the bombing of Darwin in 1942. Post-WWII we successfully established an egalitarian economy in which every family could own a home and car and every worker enjoyed paid annual holidays and sick leave from work. In 1975, Whitlam discovered Pine Gap was a US spy base and several top etchlon leaders worked for the CIA, and so he prepared to eliminate this threat. He was immediately sacked as part of a CIA/MI6 coup d'etat and we have been annexed by the US ever since, with all media, mining, military, government, and corporate control dictated by the US. Three million are now homeless and 60% live in poverty. We are fighting for a restoration of national sovereignty and, two weeks ago, successfully forced the US to remove an illegal missile launching platform. Fourteen bases to go. I tell you this so you know the ordinary Australians have no say in global politics. One day we will seek support for our independence from Sahel nations, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

[@EBZ-z5n]

​​​@@tonyryan43well put. Every major "ally" close to the US is in economic and political strife - Canada, Mexico, UK, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Ukraine. It appears doing what the US says results in your country facing economic and political problems. Australia needs to stand on its own otherwise it stands to lose the same way as those allies. Look at the way the US hedge funds are playing the Australian dollar, sending it on an unjustified roller coaster ride.

[@latentconcert5626]

Nothing lasts forever!

[@segamai]

Yeah, I'm sure this will be toootally different under BRICS lmao

[@clarenceedwards2866]

I am happy for Cuba's inclusion; as a Caribbean person myself, it is gut-wrenching to witness the horrible treatment that was meted out to Cuba by the US and it is high time that our Cuban brothers and sisters are able to fully take their place in world trade and other bi-lateral situations without this stifling US albatross around their necks.

[@Chubbchubb2313]

Respect and Salute to Cuba. You are hated by US because you dared to STAND TALL. (many must grovel ie UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, ...).

[@clarenceedwards2866]

@@Chubbchubb2313 100%

[@MichelleLanghout]

Cuba is so incredibly generous and humanitarian, despite the awful sanctions the US has used to cripple their economy, etc.

[@pierrechildress8875]

❤

[@BarryRolle]

I'm so happy for Cuba's inclusion !!! Bravo 👏🏾

[@DeathSentryCoH]

As a foundational african-american, it always saddened me how the U.S. continued its harsh policies against Cuba. Castro was sympathetic to our struggles here for civil rights and also allowed some of our freedom fighters like Assata Shakur to live out their lives vs. being unfairly imprisoned here. I do hope this BRICS inclusion really benefits their economy.

[@kamiasana]

✊🏾

[@JohnDorian-j7x]

Castro was literally a racist, lol

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

They are an e-commie not an economy.

[@Futuristbillpicone]

As a foundational Latino American 🇺🇸 I agree

[@BRlCS-BRASIL]

Americanos de verdade são os indígenas.tanto na america do sul quanto na america do norte .

[@مهدیحسینی-خ2ح]

It is nice to see Cuba being a part of BRICS people of Cuba suffering from all sanctions for no reason

[@irvingdiaz1399]

♥

[@dooh8217]

Sem motivos? Kkkkkkk

[@geoffsaunders5030]

​@dooh8217 Yes, no good reason.

[@JohnnysCafe_]

​@@dooh8217 yes for daring to be independent, and for the military humiliation Cuba inflicted on the US elite. Let's hear why you think it's worth the childish laughter? Waiting ?

[@snieves4]

There was a reason, the USA feared a Soviet satellite on their doorstep. Instead of “punishing” Cuba, they could have reached out to normalize relations as Cuba would benefit from trade with a close neighbor.

[@notchit3542]

When you push nations to a corner, you leave them no choice but to push back.

[@chemophile14]

Good pints to note . I will copy paste it

[@AlexKellogg-pv4qk]

The whole world economy is slowly collapsing Also, name one bricks country whose currency increased in value in 2024. I just looked up the top 6 and none of them are doing well. The dollar is doing very well in 2024 fyi

[@chemophile14]

@ lol you need to step back to conduct a bigger jump .

[@ynnad7778]

​@@AlexKellogg-pv4qkyou still think this means no one uses US dollars? The point is that there'll be real alternatives. The US dollar isn't going anywhere

[@j.krii.]

Dictators, not nations 😅

[@tymax6751]

May Cuba and BRICS prosper together. ❤

[@kriswolskinews]

Greethings to both..

[@PolaN_d]

only the rich will benefit

[@RedSpicyFeast1010]

No.​@@PolaN_d

[@chekim2]

Hopefully joining the block can bring some light to the economy of Cuba and Bolivia who badly need it since decades ago.

[@MelonHead887]

Little secret: Cubans are lazy af.

[@guilhermemb9213]

Sadly only exiting leftist regime will help them.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

BRICS is capitalism: wealth for a few stolen from the labour of the working class, just like the West.

[@JD-wu9li]

putin and xi will make you secure and rich, tovarish 😆

[@FengBaoYolotli]

@@JD-wu9liracist bootlicker

[@georgejesson1944]

Cuba will finally have a brighter future

[@TeriBrown-li4ge]

It will take time and be challenging, the US blocks every transaction Cuba tries to make and punishes countries for doing business with Cuba. I hope strong efforts are made by the Brics to assist with building back Cubas economy. A dream come true🇨🇺

[@JD-wu9li]

i thought Castro brothers already gave it to Cuba 🤔

[@TeriBrown-li4ge]

@@JD-wu9li The Castro brothers and many others led the fight and finally kicked dictator Batista and Yankee imperialism out of Cuba in 1959. Cuba won its independence and has been fighting like hell to keep it. Long live 🇨🇺

[@jesuscisneros2555]

​@TeriBrown-li4ge you right, but that guy doesn't know anything about history. He is an uncultured person in filthy panties 😂

[@arturoanton2958]

I personally believe the world needs Brics as an alternative economy tool for trading. I am also glad to see Cuba joining in.Cant forget all the suffering that Cuba brought to south american countries by pushing an ideology,communism,that people were ready or did not agree with .I still believe in freedom of choice.

[@ongyewleng4718]

Thank you Mr Ben Norton for the latest statistics on BRICS+. Your video, as usual, is very educational and insightful. Much appreciated.

[@ayam8850]

Thanks BRICS for giving Cuba a hope. Also to other countries that support Cuba.

[@robertmarley8852]

Russia should ship goods to Cuba

[@FengBaoYolotli]

@@robertmarley8852they do

[@Electra-xm7lu]

Cuba died in 1959. Since them it has been a ransacked dystopia that does not permit a market economy nor a civic society - where misery is imposed by a never-elected monopolistic regime that terrorizes its own population, exiles its best, and lied its way into power. That said, no Cuban has gope of anything so long as they continue under the control of the very psychopaths who ruined them at gun point. Including Castrolandia, an economically inept parasite, only discredits BRICS and calling it "growth" truly warrant mockery. That said, anyone still ignoring the Orwellian, as in aberrant, nature of Stalinism - which is what truly ruined Cuba no different than Romania or East Germany - is either cr3tin0us or propagandist.

[@YenDiki]

AGREED. IT IS OVERDUE FOR A CHANGE😁🍀👍

[@RakibAhmed66]

World needs Cuban doctors & medical services

[@aneurindavies5943]

Ben Norton is a detailed, and analytical, brilliant Reporter 💯%.

[@nobody-hk3sb]

The era of colonialism and slavery has long been gone but the economic practices are ongoing. It is time for these countries to liberate themselves from economic colonialism.

[@jrz14848]

BRICS are liberating themselves from the west but they practice colonialism of a different sort.

[@SmellyBodega]

This is not good. if youre American and support this you are jaded and ignorant to what provides the necessities and stability in your life. morally understandable. yes. but economically not good. and thats not good for anyone. expecially any other "disenfranchised" class in the united states such as rual and urban poor folks. you spit in the face of what you do not understand.

[@oreshnik-c2m]

Trumps bringing it back

[@SmellyBodega]

@ you have no idea what you’re talking about

[@SophiaLMitchell]

💯

[@unlimitedcosmicspeed]

'Brick by brick you make a house'......

[@gracebgray]

🎶"She's a brick 🧱🏠, she's mighty, mighty ..."🎵 - Commodores🎶

[@franksullivan1873]

Or a prison.

[@LinemediaStudioprinting]

Yes,Brics is growing

[@hedysinternet]

@@franksullivan1873Unlike NATO?

[@Ruben-rm3et]

To put you in ​@@franksullivan1873

[@MyMamaSaid312]

Cuba...will greatly benefit..🫡

[@GardenStateNJ27]

Yes it will!!!!

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

BRICS is capitalism: wealth for a few stolen from the labour of the working class, just like the West.

[@MyMamaSaid312]

Relax...there has to a the financial system that exists somewhere..what u want Is fair 💱 exchange...they are using a system to harm and control that creates poverty and listlessness.. housing and food anxiety on a global stage...that's what this is about..next time be quiet ​@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx

[@JD-wu9li]

putin and xi will make you secure and rich, tovarish 😆

[@TheFlyingFish692]

@@JD-wu9li China alone is most countries number one trading partner

[@BestFitSquareChannel]

Ben, thank you. Another epic episode among many. My privilege to experience, deeply learn. Best wishes to you and all those who make possible the broad availability of this content.

[@mail4carolw]

World needs alternatives. GO BRICS!

[@JD-wu9li]

tak tochno, tovarish leitenant!

[@PlessyFerguson1]

Syria is now 12 Kilograms of their currency for one Dollar. No need to count it, just weigh it. In truth all the BRICS millionaires buy dollars, as their own currencies are sinking. I say, F! the Dollar, I want Liras, Pesos, Rubles, Gold, whatever's the F! stable & consistent, without me carrying 100 Kilos of silver, gold, or who gives a Sh** to pay for a loaf of bread.

[@Dread_2137]

alternatives to what? BRICKS is the only trade partnership organization not limited to single continent. Alternative to dollar? Yeah, good luck with that, people been yelling about dedolarization for half a century, still waiting for it to happen. China and India don't want to be reserve currency, because it will hurt their economy, russia's rubble is literally falling down day by day with one of the highest interest rates in world. The only alternatives to dollar that are worth it and are stable are Euro, Pounds and Yen.

[@predion96969]

@@mail4carolw Did you know China , Brazil , Russia, India, South Africa , is going to collapse the untied states by changing the world economy and joint military force to fight America and it's allies with MANY MORE COUNTIRES JOINING IN LIKE: PAKISTAN, VENEZUELA, SUDAN, CONGO, IRAQ, CAMBODIA, NORTH KOREA, NIGER, GHANA, PERU, MALI, SYRIA, CHAD, AFGHANISTAN , SRI LANKA, MOROCCO, BANGLADESH, HAITI, COLOMBIA, SERBIA , YEMEN, Panama, Algeria ,Belarus, Cuba, indonesia, Boliva, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Djibouti, Grenada, Egypt, Iran, UAE, Ethiopia

[@gerhard7323]

​@@Dread_2137A BRICS' national currency isn't the only alternative open to them if they can all agree. A bancor supranational currency or gold based currency are two options.

[@بچهتهرون-ط8ج]

Best BRICS explanation ever seen. Good Job. 👍

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

BRICS is capitalism: wealth for a few stolen from the labour of the working class, just like the West.

[@CosmicSeeker69]

It is somewhat faked though - the way he categorises the chart information.

[@Stephen_Jabs]

​@@CosmicSeeker69what do you mean? How?

[@بچهتهرون-ط8ج]

@@CosmicSeeker69 He has a different approach to the data than you have. I think you have to adjust your view to grasp the realities.

[@felicidadthompson6916]

Watching the world change before my eyes.

[@multipolarworldorder]

Long live BRICS+

[@MelonHead887]

Thanks, I'll stick with the mighty dollar. 😂

[@aneurindavies5943]

Viva Cuba Libre 🎉❤💯%.

[@waiyee1995]

​@@MelonHead887 😢

[@tiaratiarasam1886]

​@@waiyee1995 Melonhead; aha.

[@ColleenPittman-v6i]

​@@MelonHead887You will do what the government does. If Trump changes our money to rubles, you will buy and sell with rubles.

[@MichelleLanghout]

As an American, I'm glad to see so much of the world is rejecting our imperialism in the spirit of cooperation. It's going to suck here, but maybe it's karma for our apathy about our abysmal foreign/economic policies and human rights violations.

[@amsrremix2239]

Suck??😂 bro we’re gonna destroyed lmao. I don’t think you understand the crazy amount of inflation. We literally gonna be in bread lines 😂

[@itotallycare]

Yeah it wasn't smart to go down the iron fist route, it's never really worked long term before and always comes back to bite you in the ass.

[@solorollo9756]

Foolish

[@solorollo9756]

@@amsrremix2239yt literally cheering on their own demise. Insane

[@Stephen_Jabs]

I cant wait to have an american housemaid, is that possible?

[@bettahaffe]

GO BRICS! Support from African Americans.

[@Paul-hl8yg]

You speak for all African Americans? Really? And why is your skin colour so important & speak for people with the same skin pigmentation? Do you know what racism is?

[@ThatSilverDude]

speak for yourself. we are not a monolith, some of us love our country,

[@lucadipaolo1997]

@@ThatSilverDude we in the BRICS also love our countries and would like for more autonomy in the global market, away from US led hegemony.

[@SophiaLMitchell]

It's over for the American empire​@@ThatSilverDude

[@Trueye-sl2mr]

Congratulations to all the new members!

[@khadijah3519]

BRICS = PROSPERITY FOR ALL ☺️

[@MelonHead887]

People in those nations are lazy.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

No. BRICS is capitalism: wealth for a few stolen from the labour of the working class, just like the West.

[@jmatt98]

Lots of prosperity in Russia 😂

[@JD-wu9li]

🤣

[@BrownBrown270]

Prosperity for thee but not for me.

[@silvioparlanti]

I live in Argentina, and we have our own clumsy, Trump´s like president. Deeply embarrased by the rejection of a stupid man. We will regret this

[@cavedoguk3787]

Next election, maybe Argentina can put that right

[@thorns]

He's awesome.

[@JohnDorian-j7x]

Nah fam, Milei is dope! I really hope his stuff works out, would be a great example to the rest of the world. Viva Argentina!

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

Awe, you have to get up and go to work for a change. How sad.

[@SaklasTheFool69]

Be grateful for your president. The left destroyed your country. Do you have fish memory?

[@truthaboveall7988]

go CUBA go BOLIVIA - congrats to all new members 🎉

[@JD-wu9li]

putin and xi will make you secure and rich, tovarish 😆

[@FengBaoYolotli]

@@JD-wu9libootlicker

[@HeydaCarreras]

REALLY? Cuba or the Communists? Cuba or the Government? Communists or the Cuban people? You are so Ignorant.

[@Electra-xm7lu]

One a ransacked dystopia, as in political nightmare, not allowing a market economy nor civic society and the other South America's poorest nation. What a joke...

[@macdaddynick1751]

@JD-wu9li Is a bot ignore it

[@kabuthitam94]

🇮🇩 Indonesia with Brics 💪

[@Sion-No1]

Joining OCED

[@YAS-dn6xn]

Indonesia❤

[@ru2979]

Love Indo ❤😀🙏

[@genbond7459]

Merah Puteh ... 🇮🇩

[@IsmailFaturr]

@@Sion-No1 Yeah we also planning to join OECD

[@michaelkirk9870]

The AmeriKaan Empire & the G7 are slowly being isolated from a growing Multi-polar world. “The worm is turning”

[@fsn473]

NATO is truly doomed. Once Uganda joins BRICS it's really over

[@free2bme729]

The growth of BRICS represents the global desire for multi-polar economies and a more balanced power structure.

[@rioluna6058]

but what have they done ? when they will havec swift like system or a currency with need those now...... now , if not then this would be only for paper and not to real world tangible things

[@vmas29]

@@rioluna6058 they already doing it with other methods. why is necessary to have a swift like system? let me give you an example. Iran pays China with oil for infrastructure projects and Russia the same with gas. All they have to do is to make an agreement. BRICS gives them this opportunity. Commodity exchange is the future.

[@rioluna6058]

@@vmas29 having an standard for prices is necesary never in mankind history trading commodities work in the long run . how about if i told you the oil i sold is worth 2 bridges instead on 1 you see the problem ? we need a currency now or this wont be succesful. a currency or even gold bit it has to be based on only one or maybe a couple of commodities you can not be trading services and commodities all the time cause the system will broke itself apart .. please tellme there is a brick currency next year or i would lose hope seriously .. the way things are going there would be dollar for the next ten years and we dont know how the world might look in 10 years you see what i mean we need something now ... at least working on something ... but now or this will failed

[@vmas29]

@@rioluna6058 If it was that easy they all have it done already my friend. For now you sold the oil,gas,iron,wheat,meat etc this way or cannot sell it at all. At least you keep moving forward this way and when you find your feet and believe me you're going to this way. And until then you must find all the solutions to your problems. So patience, hard and smart work.. that's it

[@vmas29]

​@@rioluna6058 If it was that easy they would have done it already. For now you can make the deal and sell your oil,gas,iron,wheat,meat etc for something you need and BRICS countrys can provide (which is basically everything).Or you cannot sell it at all. At least you move forward and when you find your feet. And i promise you will this way..And on your way and after you must find the solutions for your problems. Patience hard and smart work for now. That's it

[@Dragon-gl1rw]

Great! BRICS now had 18 members. Three ASEAN members who were the top 3 largest economies joined.

[@thelonegerman2314]

Under No Circumstances Should Any Colonial, Post Colonial, Western Imperialistic Countries be Allowed to Join BRICS, this Includes Dutch, German, Belgium, France, USA and Britain

[@aberserk9512]

@@thelonegerman2314 - +Denmark, Italy, Portugal, Spain...

[@j.krii.]

Oh, how we will survive without dictators brick club 😅 Funny people.

[@castheeuwes1085]

That means nothing. Even Vietnam will keep the Dong pegged to the Dollar. ASEAN and India are not going to support the Chinese economy. It's just for show.

[@castheeuwes1085]

@@thelonegerman2314 List of all existing Empires (countries with parts in it who speak different languages and are not allowed independence): Russia, China and Indonesia.

[@clauderobichaud4169]

Both educational and interesting. Thanks for this geo- political update

[@DerrickBest]

I'm hoping our country Trinidad is "woke" enough to try to join. But full kudos to Cuba first Caribbean county to join BRICS. We salute you Cuba ✊🏿✌🏿👊🏿👍🏿

[@Qrtuop]

Please no wokeism. Only true leftism.

[@Gerdeo64]

Push it there that Trinidad & Tobago join BRICS as soon as possible. ❤

[@MelonHead887]

​@@Gerdeo64Trump says he's going to annex T and T ... make it one big golf course for whites only. 👌😆

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

BRICS is capitalism: wealth for a few stolen from the labour of the working class, just like the West.

[@Lucretia916]

Hope your country prospers, Caribbean people are the friendliest I’ve met, haven’t run into many from Trinidad and Tobago but when I do they’re the most energetically kind people. Hopefully BRICS is a boon for you all but be careful, china is better than the USA but that doesn’t mean they’re good

[@nadsyakhan5425]

Long Live and God Bless BRICS+NINE COUNTRIES!!! 😊

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

BRICS is capitalism: wealth for a few stolen from the labour of the working class, just like the West.

[@joaomosheh91]

BRICS !!! BRICS !!! BRICS !!! BRICS !!! BRICS !!!

[@Animusangel]

American here, this shift makes so much sense. Change is needed to reset the balance of global power.

[@DaBlaccGhost]

Yeah it really doesn't though because the people in power don't care about allegiance, why do so many American businesses not have their money in the states again? 😂

[@JD-wu9li]

😆 too much boiled peanuts, tovarish

[@deep_singh8055]

More like Potine’s 🐩 not American

[@dao8805]

@Animusangel As a fellow American, I totally agree with you. Change is needed and it needs to be major to balance things worldwide. It will be a win-win for all of us.

[@thelonegerman2314]

Under No Circumstances Should Any Colonial, Post Colonial, Western Imperialistic Countries be Allowed to Join BRICS, this Includes Dutch, German, Belgium, France, USA and Britain

[@AriesRebirth]

BRICS, when you lift your neighbors up everyone rises. USA, when you grind your neighbor under heel so you are always on top.

[@EquinoxSeventy]

Sounds about right.

[@servantgeorge1700]

European way...

[@davidanalyst671]

japan doesn't think this. SOko china, and phillippines dont think this.

[@davidanalyst671]

we gave the phillippinnes their independence after winning a war and taking the philippines from the spanish

[@servantgeorge1700]

@@davidanalyst671 There is a lot more to it than that: a lot more politics involved.

[@suebastian1242]

Thank you, Fascinating: I am so excited about BRICS. Appalled at how many of my political activist friends know nothing about it- I just keep writing talking and recommending programs like yours. The corrupt corporate media seldom if ever mentions BRICS. NYT finally had an article mostly negative of course. Thanks again,

[@_SnowJustice_]

I AM SO HAPPY FOR CUBA - Thank you BRICS for being human.

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

China - the country with the most human people 🤭😂

[@Electra-xm7lu]

Cuba is a ransacked dystopia that does not permit a market economy nor a civic society - where misery is imposed by a never-elected monopolistic regime that terrorizes its own population, destroyed its middle-class, and lied its way into power. That said, no Cuban has hope of anything so long as they continue under the control of the very psychopaths who ruined Cuba. Including Castrolandia, an economically inept parasite, into BRICS only discredits BRICS and calling it "growth" truly warrant mockery. That said, anyone still ignoring the Orwellian, as in aberrant, nature of Stalinism - which is what truly ruined Cuba no different than Romania or East Germany - is either cr3tin0us or propagandist.

[@167mm167]

yes ..welcome Cuba !!!

[@ventureted]

Lol bruh. Delusional.

[@cathiehutcheson6556]

The entire world except for the USA has continued trade with Cuba, Russia was a main contributor to the Cuban economy. When the USSR collapsed, Russia and its oligarchs headed by Putin stopped helping Cuba.

[@sarachiba6012]

Ben Norton Rocks 🌺💐🦋

[@MelonHead887]

Lol his mommy dresses him ... 😂

[@taiwanstillisntacountry]

Mumbai-Dharavi numba-1

[@kenwood2682]

​@@MelonHead887he's getting paid by KZbin, you projecting from mom's couch

[@pohengcollis231]

How do y.ou know.l are you his shadoe

[@sunshinesun121]

Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia ... has over 460 million in population, significant minerals and nature resources. More SIGNIFICANT is the Shipping Route via Straits of Malacca is now UNDER BRICS control. Here 85% of EAST - WEST trade pass through this Choke Point.

[@motherlandbot6837]

Amazing how many people are overlooking this crucial development (or pretending this has not happened).

[@NebraskaGonvilleJones]

Singapore?

[@motherlandbot6837]

@@NebraskaGonvilleJones Still officially a neutral nation, though favoring the US under Lee Hsien Loong. I hope Mr. Wong will take a more Asia-centric position. Lee Kuan Yew was good friends with Deng Xiaoping, but was also very pro-Israel.

[@latentconcert5626]

Meanwhile, the US and the west Are Blundering Their own resources to support Israel, instead of looking at this huge problem that they are facing! Israel, as we all know, has no future in an ocean of Muslim Arabs around them. Yet they keep insisting of spending their well earned money to fight Arabs and completely turn a blind eye on their real problem

[@himpim642]

@@motherlandbot6837 they dsidnt its still farly loose orgnaisaion.peole are tlakign like its soe kind of eu-its not.yet at least.

[@simplica1]

Welcome Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan!!

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

BRICS+ is a golden opportunity to unite. Mutually beneficial cooperation, respect, equality and a shared vision. 🇧🇷🤝🇷🇺🤝🇮🇳🤝🇨🇳🤝🇿🇦+

[@shiroblack5420]

No communism anymore! Im Brazilian and I can say that need to stop, or we will have too much poor people and a new world war.

[@edwinb2323]

Golden opportunity to unite in lead, not gold.....

[@rickvandam3238]

Won't be a shared vision But hopfully something to combat nato

[@edwinb2323]

@rickvandam3238 Combat NATO? With what?

[@ZIGZAG12345]

@@edwinb2323 BRICS countries already own most of the gold and a lot of the mines. Does it make you feel good, acting this stupid? 😂

[@sakuwillleching352]

more power to all BRICS members economic global stronger trading and financial stability

[@michaelnaemsch3102]

Super visual analysis of BRIC’s resources. Thank you Ben!

[@OzaNisarg]

Brics needs to introduce their own social media platform! It's DAMN SIGNIFICANT STEP to secure BRICS nations.

[@Shadowless_Kick]

The US is trying to kill TikTok again😢 The most popular social media in China is WeChat, it was almost banned by Trump in 2020

[@robertgin9669]

That would be genius!

[@foggybeat946]

Yes! Need a platform and Worldwide broadcast in English, Arabic and Spanish . Go ahead, you got nothing to lise but your chains!!

[@drakekoefoed1642]

it should do videos too. i would put my work on there for free to everyone.

[@zoltanbarath7371]

Great idea. BRICS should control its information space. Enough of censorship by yt/meta/etc. To have their own full ecosystem will be vital.

[@MegaCavatina]

Merry Christmas, Ben! 🎄🌺 Thank you for all your in-depth and accurate analysis throughout the year! 🙏

[@kiongchen2015]

The world has other alternatives and don't have to listen and forced to do something they don't like . Thank you, BEN. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2025.

[@Shadowless_Kick]

It’s not that simple. The US is likely to make significant efforts to weaken BRICS and pressure countries that seek to do business with them. And the US top geopolitical priority is to contain and destabilize China.

[@MarkGovern]

Forced to respect human rights and international law? If they can’t do that BRICS can have them. See how China will force nations into their orbit with their belt and roads initiative. You are very niave sir. Happy Christmas too 🎉.

[@riseofatlas7969]

Keep it going Ben!

[@MelonHead887]

He's an marxist Israeli, did you know that?

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

​@@MelonHead887Are you an imperialist, colonizing, resource thief?

[@riseofatlas7969]

@@MelonHead887 Ben? D Ben? Norton? hmmm, i dont belive it, his eyes tells diffrent story

[@MelonHead887]

@@riseofatlas7969 worse, he's an American Marxist. 😆 Means he drives around in a Mercedes while selling communism to the ignorant 3rd world.

[@zoltanbarath7371]

​@@MelonHead887😂😂😅

[@MegaAli213]

BRICS NATIONS IS HERE TO STAY 😊❤

[@BlackMaroonNetwork]

Despite all hurdles from the west, BRICS remains a crucial platform for reshaping the global order and advancing the interests of emerging markets.

[@looperant]

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year Ben. Thanks so much for all your very courageous and amazing journalism.

[@TheCravingsoul]

Thanks!

[@tonyprice9525]

Love your bringing all these stats to the table, esp the 10% of US GDP being physical manufacturing! My suspicion is the US is exerting enormous backroom pressure on countries to not join BRICS and for those in it to leave. The odd behaviours of India Brazil Turkey Saudi Arabia and Argentina all lend credence to this. If BRICS succeeds in divorcing itself from Western control I can see the US in particular not being able to import many goods at all, and also not being able to afford to import them when the dollar reaches its true value. I foresee the US resorting to war, threats of war, sanctions and assassinations to prevent BRICS from succeeding in establishing independence from the West.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Argentina not so surprising: with Millei in charge it's a US vassal state.

[@jordan3802]

One of the members is currently invading another country in order to try and restore its lost empire.

[@0utcastAussie]

@@jordan3802 You mean one member was formally invited in total compliance with International Law to help stop the Western backed Ethnic Cleansing being committed against Eastern Ukrainians by Western Ukrainians !

[@maigepresents5840]

It's not just finished goods the US will see increased costs to import... pre production materials like lithium and antimony are almost entirely controlled by BRICS or BRICS-friendly nations.

[@stephen566]

@@jordan3802lol you talking about the US proxy war in Ukraine that was provoked!

[@andreraphael6727]

Grazie di cuore, Ben! Buon Natale a te e a tutti i tuoi cari!

[@MelonHead887]

He's a Marxist Jew, he don't celebrate xmas.

[@spamfilter32]

I hope the Sahel nations are invited next. They are throwing off the shackles of colonialism, and I think they would be very receptive to BRICs

[@kfork814]

We also need to have moral leaders who act noble like god wants them

[@patden9197]

If they can defend themselves from france and ecowas!!

[@maigepresents5840]

​@@patden9197signing up to BRICS will give them the international support needed to do just that. Kinda hard for France to keep the status quo when their own economy is reliant on BRICS economies.

[@kenwood2682]

​@@kfork814the idea of BRICS is sovereign nations doing trade and bypass sanctions, not united values like the western world

[@veinsofJourney]

I hope both congos and central Africa join also

[@ryanm7097]

Thank you Ben! I've been thinking about BRICS lately, so this video is well timed!

[@dzzzzz1718]

I just found your chanel. Liked, subscribed and shared. Thank you!

[@Kolendamp]

Greetings from Brazil, Happy Cristmas and a good 2025, by the way, we are doing fine overhere, thank you

[@theimperialist2686]

This is good news, it has definitely put the hegemony of the US Dollar on notice.

[@Rgrizzle1231]

The dollar system is used by the old guard. Trump is changing things. Hopefully this makes it a better quality of life for everyone. The 13 bloodlines system of control is falling. The crown is falling. Thank the us military and Russia

[@starsixtyseven195]

Straightforward. Comprehensive video. Good job. Liked

[@fundidoarrojo269]

We love you Ben!!!

[@grannylil8036]

Basically, BRiCS supports and promotes peace and collaboration! A mutually beneficial multipolar world!!

[@davidbeach5563]

Promoting peace doesn’t mean bombing hospitals and crowded shopping centers, nor giving asylum to a man who used chemical weapons on innocent women and children.

[@ynnad7778]

​@@davidbeach5563oh so we should avoid doing what the US and Germany are doing? Two steps ahead of you

[@rollthetape88]

India and China are on the edge of war!

[@joshuarasmussen641]

THEY ARE ALL TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENTS LMFAO?

[@jordan3802]

One of the members is currently invading a country in order to try and restore its lost empire.

[@sunclimate]

wonderful reporting Ben! Thanks.

[@suzanneharris8339]

BRICS could be the most welcome antidote to a cruel, unstable & scary world. Great map,.Ben - you do all around great work. 👏 👆 ☺ 🥉

[@JD-wu9li]

putin and xi will make you secure and rich, tovarish 😆

[@barriewright2857]

​@@JD-wu9li since the end of the second World War the west has done nothing . But rage War and government change across the globe.

[@GardenStateNJ27]

I hope to someday see Venezuela apart of BRICS.. I’m sure in due time

[@kaimanyu586]

It will happen for sure, I have no doubt, brother..

[@juderamnarine5617]

That is difficult. Venezuela is too entrenched in fighting with its neighbors. Guyana has a better chance, however, Guyana needs the Americans for the oil industry.

[@SagaranMike]

a part

[@gammatjenderasa8234]

In short, bro. Have faith.😊

[@Electra-xm7lu]

Nicaragua is America's second poorest nation after Haiti, Venezuela attracts no significant foreign investment under Chavez/Maduro, Cuba is a ransacked dystopia that does not permits its citizens to develop a market economy nor a civic society, Bolivia is South America's poorest nation... If you ask my, BRICS is starting to discredit itself and become a joke.

[@BrunoKilobu]

I am so proud that BRICS POWER IS GROWING BY EVERY PASSING SECOND!!!🎉🎉🎉❤

[@wisdomguy9837]

Yes to Multipolar World Yes to BRICS!

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

BRICS is capitalism: wealth for a few stolen from the labour of the working class, just like the West.

[@LAJiini]

I love to travel and when I go somewhere I like to see the indigenous and cultural landscape. I hate imperialism. I hate seeing the west in everything. I hope for a better more indigenous world. This is what I see in BRICS and I wish the organization much success!

[@ViktorKreuschitz]

Congratulstions, very well done, convincing and informative! Thank you.

[@simplica1]

Thanks Ben! Merry Christmas to you!

[@CLEMENT-h4i]

The American health system is the big issue, how does the country with the most billionaires/rich doesn't have free health care

[@johnbernacki6155]

Lobbying

[@e.l.6092]

1) They don't want Africans in the US to benefit from free healthcare so they don't have free health care at all 2) They like everything to be privately owned which goes against free healthcare.

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

Because there is no such thing as "free" healthcare. That's how.

[@motherlandbot6837]

Every country with universal healthcare pays for this through citizen taxes AND regulated fees for individual citizen care. There is no free lunch, but EU countries and the UK have high tax rates for services (real and imaginary) as does Japan. Singapore has low tax rates for their citizens, no estate tax, and no capital gains tax. Yet their universal healthcare system, like Japan's, is one of the best in the world. Meanwhile, here in the US, millions of Americans think that universal healthcare is a socialist plot, and that socialism = communism!

[@johnbernacki6155]

@@dialecticalmonist3405it’s a lot cheaper than the U.S. system.

[@muhammadthejust]

❤❤❤❤As usual, excellent analysis Ben! We're Listening, Sir.

[@eskutts]

Great news. BRICS must grow and the BRICS currency must be launched ASAP to help every country especially the poor and developing ones to grow in the future. Western countries unfair and unpredictable sanctions, tariffs, single payment mechanism and dominant currency is preventing growth and development of the poor and developing countries. BRICS currency is the saviour and it may even benefit the West indirectly by reducing the illegal migration if the developing and poor countries grow in the future. Hence US and its allies must actually encourage and support BRICS pay system and a new BRICS currency as well. Period 😀😃😎

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

BRICS is capitalism: wealth for a few stolen from the labour of the working class, just like the West.

[@robertwilson214]

Thanks for all your work.Youre one of the only objective,sane people left in media.

[@kailashbedi3404]

HAPPY NEW YEAR BEN NORTON! Love your work and the crucial information and analyses you bring us. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 🙏🏼

[@sarahkhan2310]

Welcome to shared common goodness. BRICS is a blessing and benefactor to the enslaved world. Well done BRICS is the future ❤

[@danielpastorius1795]

BRICS will not benefit the enslaved it will just make the wealthy in BRICS more wealth The most populous and people living in poverty.

[@jillgoldman447]

Encouraging info. It’s a relief to know a good part of the world has caught onto the malignancy of the West and is doing something about it.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

BRICS is capitalism: wealth for a few stolen from the labour of the working class, just like the West.

[@solorollo9756]

Every. Single. Time.

[@hannobaali_makendali]

Excellent slides !!!

[@monapontes5880]

Thank you so much for this precious information. Merry Christmas! 🙏🏼

[@HabibaZidane]

god bless you Mr BEN NORTON And keep you for your honesty and justice ,all respect and love ❤ for you ,from Maroco

[@marinavlady6922]

That's really outstanding. Congratulations, BRICS! ❤🎉

[@PeriferijaPeriferije]

Go Brics! Africa is is a young continent that desperatelly wants to sustainably develop and I hope we see more countries from Africa joining...

[@biashacker]

Africa is the key. If Brics helps and allows Africa to rise this will me substantial success for Brics as a whole. However if some of the Brics countries continue with their juvenile anti-black hate they will fail substantially.

[@PeriferijaPeriferije]

@biashacker what do you mean? which countries?

[@j.krii.]

@@PeriferijaPeriferije ruZZia and China, they hate black people in fact lol

[@AminaPhilosophy]

@@biashacker-juvenile- primitive. Racism is the lowest form of human behavior.

[@RaggenZ]

I been seeing Africans standard of living slowly improved, they gets to travel more and educated. Meanwhile the corruption problems need to be solve but that the story for another decades.

[@veronicavarela2041]

I pray all Latin America joins BRICS ❤❤❤❤ Viva Cuba ❤❤

[@ヨママ]

💩

[@Ruben-rm3et]

​@@ヨママwhat you put is what you eat

[@yeohwilliam88]

BRICS will bring peace & prosperity to the global south

[@DavidDieni]

NO IT WON'T. THESE ARE STILL IMPERIALIST NATIONS AND WILL ACT ACCORDINGLY

[@vitorlima1092]

Very nice report. Thank you from Brazil

[@pessi6185]

Still pissed that Brazil vetoed Venezuela & Nicaragua's invitation to BRICS. Brazil very much proving to be a weak part of the BRICS chain.

[@Matheus-wq4be]

I'm from Brazil and i agree with you. The current government is proving to be a lap dog of US.

[@Qrtuop]

Yeah it's ridiculous, unfair and arbitrary.

[@Qrtuop]

And shows subservience to the US

[@creatorofgods1668]

It is just Brazil & India trying to show subservience towards the U.S. for BRICS not to be taken as a threat.

[@creatorofgods1668]

That is why the U.S. is going for the head of BRICS… China.

[@vickyvicky4916]

GREAT NEWS THAT WE ALL APPLAUD AND CONGRATULATE THESE LEADERS FOR THEIR DECISION TO JOIN BRICS !!! UNITED WE ARE STRONGER!!

[@maronily]

Are this all dictator states? Who wants to partner with Loser States like Russia??

[@pottedrodenttube]

Great for these countries to make the most logical move for the future of their people.

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

BRICS is capitalism: wealth for a few stolen from the labour of the working class, just like the West.

[@Peter-m5n7m]

Ben, Excellent, informative journalism!👍👍 HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

[@farmerjones2766]

The quality of your data and the way you drill down on this is awesome and professional. Great work.

[@gammatjenderasa8234]

Indonesia will surely be the greatest addition to BRICS.

[@Arhenius100]

Thank you Ben ! Merry Christmas to you !

[@marlonnoel2558]

I am so happy for our fellow Caricom member country. Guyana and Cuba are great partners...many Cubans doctors and medical professionals are living and working in Guyana 🇬🇾

[@Zara-um1nx]

This is very true thank you so much Ben ❤❤

[@gulitzt5865]

whose Argentina? oh the guy who is wondering why his currency has 200% increase inflation?

[@KAZVorpal]

That is a contextual lie. Argentina's monthly inflation is at a four year low. It's taking a long time to fix the corruption that ruled before Milei.

[@Peter-m5n7m]

While I believe Javier Milei would be better as a Argentina's CFO than Argentina's CFO/President. He deserves credit for taking Argentina's economy by the horns and is bringing Argentina's economy under control. 🇦🇷

[@KAZVorpal]

@@Peter-m5n7m First, corporatism is evil. It can't exist in a free market, it's a form of statism. So hopefully he wouldn't WANT to be a CEO. But second, Milei is exactly what EVERY country needs.

[@zoltanbarath7371]

​@@Peter-m5n7m do you mean that libertarian clown who snoges his mistress on stage and wants USD to fight inflation? Maybe you want to watch Ben's video on neoliberalism three times at least.

[@Qrtuop]

He really is not Peter. He's shackling Argentinians further and further into poverty and IMF dependence.

[@dragonmyke]

Go BRICS go. We need trade cooperation and peace.

[@andretorben9995]

BRICS will continue to grow and become the worlds number 1 economic power. G7 will continue to decline.

[@robinfleet7094]

Only to be accelerated by trade tariffs imposed on G7 member states by the US. When you treat your friends like shit you may find yourself alone.

[@robhaltom]

Wow! Incredibly informative!!

[@Peterl4290]

BRICS wants to build a new currency. It is also worth noting that gold has historically been used as a store of value and a means of exchange, and some countries still hold significant amounts of gold in their reserves. However, it is unclear how a new currency backed by gold would function in the current global financial system and whether it would gain widespread acceptance. Ultimately, any decision to create a new currency would be subiect to numerous economic, political, and logistical considerations.

[@larrypaul-cw9nk]

It's interesting to learn more about the discussions and proposals around BRICS nations and their potential use of gold. There are several reasons why people may choose to buy gold, including its historical use as a store of value and means of exchange, its potential as a hedge against inflation or currency devaluation, and its relative scarcity compared to other commodities. Additionally, gold can offer diversification benefits to investment portfolios, as it tends to have a low correlation with other asset classes like stocks and bonds. However, it's important to note that investing in gold carries risks and may not be suitable for evervone. and investors should carefully consider their investment objectives, risk tolerance, and financial situation before making any decisions.

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[@margitwes6495]

Yes, BRICS is the future giving countries a choice. Love Cuba being part of BRICS now, it can only get better for them.

[@JustMe-XSE23]

BRICS is a group of dictators if you haven't noticed.