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[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago* (1 child) NATO is an arm of the US permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) Each country has one vote. The US is just one country of 31 member states permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, there's no power imbalance between the global hegemonic ruler and its "allies". The fact that on paper they each get a vote means its perfectly equal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago Don't you remember when Europe voted to have their pipeline blown up last year? permalink fedilink source parent [–] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago libs will say this and then turn around and say "BRICS is just an arm of China, it's dominated by them economically" (not that that point is entirely false, BRICS is indeed economically dominated by China and I wonder if there would be half as much interest for countries to join if China wasn't in it, but India is a pretty big counterweight to China's power in BRICS in practice) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) Each country has one vote. The US is just one country of 31 member states permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, there's no power imbalance between the global hegemonic ruler and its "allies". The fact that on paper they each get a vote means its perfectly equal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago Don't you remember when Europe voted to have their pipeline blown up last year? permalink fedilink source parent [–] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago libs will say this and then turn around and say "BRICS is just an arm of China, it's dominated by them economically" (not that that point is entirely false, BRICS is indeed economically dominated by China and I wonder if there would be half as much interest for countries to join if China wasn't in it, but India is a pretty big counterweight to China's power in BRICS in practice) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, there's no power imbalance between the global hegemonic ruler and its "allies". The fact that on paper they each get a vote means its perfectly equal permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago Don't you remember when Europe voted to have their pipeline blown up last year? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago Don't you remember when Europe voted to have their pipeline blown up last year? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago libs will say this and then turn around and say "BRICS is just an arm of China, it's dominated by them economically" (not that that point is entirely false, BRICS is indeed economically dominated by China and I wonder if there would be half as much interest for countries to join if China wasn't in it, but India is a pretty big counterweight to China's power in BRICS in practice) permalink fedilink source parent