Macron’s top diplomat, Catherine Colonna, said on Tuesday that the president was interested in coming to Johannesburg as an observer in August to attend the meeting of Brazilian, Russian, Indian, Chinese and South African leaders, the so-called BRICS group of major emerging economies.

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    The G7 fears the inevitable demise of its hegemony. I’m glad South Africa, and the BRICS organization, didn’t kowtow to a colonial power.

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      Yeah, because none of the brics countries have a history of expansionism and suppression of minorities.

      Oh, wait! They all do.

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        Yeah, G7 countries have and do persecute their minorities. Yeah, BRICS countries do as well. What’s your point? You’re saying countries should accept economic subservience because of the established order?