This is not the place or topic to share link, this I understand, so forgive. I was looking at some interesting work of a member and below it a comment make this link.
You've more than proven your trustworthiness to post what you think relevant, so don't censor yourself. The film at the link is well done and quite proper--shaming and damning at the same time. I remarked a few days ago that we're seeing a modernized version of Anne Frank's Diary in real time. Most people here are completely unaware that five very brave Individuals have immolated themselves protesting the Genocide. I wish I could do more to oppose US Imperialism and its support for the Zionist Genocide of all peoples in the Levant. Educating others about it so they can see the light is the best I can do, while donating to relief organizations working in the region. Thanks, Natalya, for providing that link!
Your work is a contribution that is necessary. Like a weapon fired on the enemy.
Possibly this is a shocking, inappropriate comment to say, yes terrible things happened. However I grew up listening to stories that do not support such nonsense that is told about those times. It is forbidden to make questions and this is a reason to be suspicious. I was taught to investigate life and everything related, for without investigating we can only rely on others to tell us and we then have stories that have no sense.
We are witnessing the Palestinian genocide, this is not a fabrication, we are both sure about that.
For many years, I adopted the ancient motto: The unexamined life is not worth living. I also said: Logos=Gnosis. Truth telling at times can be a revolutionary act. Serial prevarication is a severe pathology that's rampant within our federal government and "news" media. There's a saying we have here: How can you tell when a politician's lying? When s/he opens its mouth.
I did not use it for a long time. YouTube is very slow here. They did not update it for a long time, some legal problems with meta who are considered unfriendly.
thanks.. i had forgotten you are out of the zone of youtube friendliness! well, the reality is the rug can be pulled out from under anyone posting on youtube with an alternative narrative and this would qualify.. so using the odysee link is probably a wiser idea as it won't get taken down for political reasons.. cheers..
BRICS orthodoxy [“… BRICS is always about respecting the sovereign choice …] requires BRICS to support Zionist Israel’s sovereignty whose national orthodoxy includes traumatising, killing, removing the necessities for living, and disqualifying as human, Palestinians inhabiting Palestine. The BRICS orthodoxy entails respect for all similar cases of sovereign moral degeneracy.
This worm in the bud has always been there.
The purpose of the organization [Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)] was summarized by Fidel Castro in his Havana Declaration of 1979 as to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries” in their "struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism, and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, domination, interference or hegemony as well as against great power and bloc politics.".
Zhou Enlai and Nehru described the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
The five principles were:
Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Mutual non-aggression.
Mutual non-interference in domestic affairs.
Equality and mutual benefit.
Peaceful co-existence.
So America’s sovereignty was to be respected, not struggled against.
The question must be answered: Whatever the mutual international benign cooperative, what do we do about toxic orthodoxies in our own member states, and in others which are not with us? At present the answer is ‘do nothing’ actually or rhetorically, other than say subvocally “please stop it.”.
BRICS wasn't organized to be confrontational; it was organized to be cooperative, and that's its main attraction. In formulating its cooperative policies that benefit its members and those wanting to become members, BRICS naturally comes into confrontation with the Outlaw US Empire and its vassals because of the latter's grossly illegal policies. The list of Outlaw controlled international agencies is long and all are listed for replacement by those formulated by BRICS via consultive consensual agreement since it's a democratic association, not authoritarian like the Outlaw Gangster. There's a huge difference between today's BRICS and the nascent NAM that formed at the Bandung Conference in 1955 as BRICS has geopolitical heft the NAM has never acquired.
The goal is to end Gangster Hegemony without sliding into a global war again. There aren't too many ways to proceed to accomplish that goal. IMO, the BRICS path is making progress and has an excellent chance of creating a new international system over the course of the rest of this decade. Geoeconomically, the Outlaw Bloc is in bad shape eroding its geopolitical heft. If BRICS was judged by its military capabilities, it would be considered much stronger than NATO.
The best answer to your closing questions is the need to persuade, not coerce, which is the Gangster's method. Old baggage needs to be discarded by many nations, but patience is required instead of thirsting for unrealistic instant gratification.
I concur with your characterisation of BRICS mutualist co-operative ideology.
But the issue is that it doesn’t address the problem of toxic orthodoxies in its member states.
For example, Saudi Arabia has toxicities of gender, servitude, planetary pollutions, continuous coercive ‘keep-rule’ in its political governance. India still has its caste system and religious discrimination. Pakistan kills apostates.
It’s no good for BRICS to pretend they aren’t there or that they don’t matter.
So BRICS might show examples of toxicities, bring them into mental view. Currently it is tabu to mention them, which contributes to their continuation.
Orthodoxies are blueprints for both social action and prohibitions, repressions. [They have correct beliefs about what their adherents should do and not do, which are routinely implemented]
To address toxic sovereignties within its members, perhaps being accepted into membership might be conditional on progressive, empirically testable detoxification of specified social institutions and their orthodoxies.
I don’t have practical answers to this problem, But BRICS must, unless it is to fail through acting out its own hypocrisies.
I understand the point you're making, but one of the core principles of the UN Charter is non-interference in the domestic affairs of other nations. Now, signatories to the UN Charter are supposed to obey its tenets, which the Outlaw US Empire certainly doesn't which is why it's an Outlaw. The Saudis and many other Gulf states share the same problems you describe, as does India, which is the subject of another comment thread. As I wrote above, the idea is to persuade, not force. As Humanity continues to evolve, nations with an internally restrictive nature will need to alter their cultures and societies as they come into conflict with the new norms of behavior. That's where people-to-people contacts stressed by Xi, Putin and others come into play. Medieval societies have evolved as history proves, and many nations are at various stages in the evolution to modernity as expressed in the UN Charter.
This is not the place or topic to share link, this I understand, so forgive. I was looking at some interesting work of a member and below it a comment make this link.
I think it is necessary to watch.
https://odysee.com/@CosmicEvent:5/YEAR-2040-16-Years-After-the-Gaza-Genocide-of-2024--Powerful-2-Minute-Film:e
You've more than proven your trustworthiness to post what you think relevant, so don't censor yourself. The film at the link is well done and quite proper--shaming and damning at the same time. I remarked a few days ago that we're seeing a modernized version of Anne Frank's Diary in real time. Most people here are completely unaware that five very brave Individuals have immolated themselves protesting the Genocide. I wish I could do more to oppose US Imperialism and its support for the Zionist Genocide of all peoples in the Levant. Educating others about it so they can see the light is the best I can do, while donating to relief organizations working in the region. Thanks, Natalya, for providing that link!
Thank you very much. Positive words, kind.
Your work is a contribution that is necessary. Like a weapon fired on the enemy.
Possibly this is a shocking, inappropriate comment to say, yes terrible things happened. However I grew up listening to stories that do not support such nonsense that is told about those times. It is forbidden to make questions and this is a reason to be suspicious. I was taught to investigate life and everything related, for without investigating we can only rely on others to tell us and we then have stories that have no sense.
We are witnessing the Palestinian genocide, this is not a fabrication, we are both sure about that.
For many years, I adopted the ancient motto: The unexamined life is not worth living. I also said: Logos=Gnosis. Truth telling at times can be a revolutionary act. Serial prevarication is a severe pathology that's rampant within our federal government and "news" media. There's a saying we have here: How can you tell when a politician's lying? When s/he opens its mouth.
Very disturbing and I cannot imagine how that feels. However there seems to be a lot of problems everywhere, not only in western societies.
We have a very big mammal in our house that nobody wants to talk about, this is also very disturbing.
thanks natalya.. the youtube link from 2 weeks ago continues to work and it loads much quicker for me.. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1xwLbaN-M
I did not use it for a long time. YouTube is very slow here. They did not update it for a long time, some legal problems with meta who are considered unfriendly.
But thank you for the recommendation.
thanks.. i had forgotten you are out of the zone of youtube friendliness! well, the reality is the rug can be pulled out from under anyone posting on youtube with an alternative narrative and this would qualify.. so using the odysee link is probably a wiser idea as it won't get taken down for political reasons.. cheers..
BRICS orthodoxy [“… BRICS is always about respecting the sovereign choice …] requires BRICS to support Zionist Israel’s sovereignty whose national orthodoxy includes traumatising, killing, removing the necessities for living, and disqualifying as human, Palestinians inhabiting Palestine. The BRICS orthodoxy entails respect for all similar cases of sovereign moral degeneracy.
This worm in the bud has always been there.
The purpose of the organization [Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)] was summarized by Fidel Castro in his Havana Declaration of 1979 as to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries” in their "struggle against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism, and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, domination, interference or hegemony as well as against great power and bloc politics.".
Zhou Enlai and Nehru described the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence
The five principles were:
Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Mutual non-aggression.
Mutual non-interference in domestic affairs.
Equality and mutual benefit.
Peaceful co-existence.
So America’s sovereignty was to be respected, not struggled against.
The question must be answered: Whatever the mutual international benign cooperative, what do we do about toxic orthodoxies in our own member states, and in others which are not with us? At present the answer is ‘do nothing’ actually or rhetorically, other than say subvocally “please stop it.”.
BRICS wasn't organized to be confrontational; it was organized to be cooperative, and that's its main attraction. In formulating its cooperative policies that benefit its members and those wanting to become members, BRICS naturally comes into confrontation with the Outlaw US Empire and its vassals because of the latter's grossly illegal policies. The list of Outlaw controlled international agencies is long and all are listed for replacement by those formulated by BRICS via consultive consensual agreement since it's a democratic association, not authoritarian like the Outlaw Gangster. There's a huge difference between today's BRICS and the nascent NAM that formed at the Bandung Conference in 1955 as BRICS has geopolitical heft the NAM has never acquired.
The goal is to end Gangster Hegemony without sliding into a global war again. There aren't too many ways to proceed to accomplish that goal. IMO, the BRICS path is making progress and has an excellent chance of creating a new international system over the course of the rest of this decade. Geoeconomically, the Outlaw Bloc is in bad shape eroding its geopolitical heft. If BRICS was judged by its military capabilities, it would be considered much stronger than NATO.
The best answer to your closing questions is the need to persuade, not coerce, which is the Gangster's method. Old baggage needs to be discarded by many nations, but patience is required instead of thirsting for unrealistic instant gratification.
I concur with your characterisation of BRICS mutualist co-operative ideology.
But the issue is that it doesn’t address the problem of toxic orthodoxies in its member states.
For example, Saudi Arabia has toxicities of gender, servitude, planetary pollutions, continuous coercive ‘keep-rule’ in its political governance. India still has its caste system and religious discrimination. Pakistan kills apostates.
It’s no good for BRICS to pretend they aren’t there or that they don’t matter.
So BRICS might show examples of toxicities, bring them into mental view. Currently it is tabu to mention them, which contributes to their continuation.
Orthodoxies are blueprints for both social action and prohibitions, repressions. [They have correct beliefs about what their adherents should do and not do, which are routinely implemented]
To address toxic sovereignties within its members, perhaps being accepted into membership might be conditional on progressive, empirically testable detoxification of specified social institutions and their orthodoxies.
I don’t have practical answers to this problem, But BRICS must, unless it is to fail through acting out its own hypocrisies.
I understand the point you're making, but one of the core principles of the UN Charter is non-interference in the domestic affairs of other nations. Now, signatories to the UN Charter are supposed to obey its tenets, which the Outlaw US Empire certainly doesn't which is why it's an Outlaw. The Saudis and many other Gulf states share the same problems you describe, as does India, which is the subject of another comment thread. As I wrote above, the idea is to persuade, not force. As Humanity continues to evolve, nations with an internally restrictive nature will need to alter their cultures and societies as they come into conflict with the new norms of behavior. That's where people-to-people contacts stressed by Xi, Putin and others come into play. Medieval societies have evolved as history proves, and many nations are at various stages in the evolution to modernity as expressed in the UN Charter.