BIDEN WATCH: 5.6.23 - Dawn Of New Alliance of Nations As US Power Fades

Dawn Of New Alliance of Nations As US Power Fades � Daisy Luther - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=6070 You may have heard the term "BRICS" when reading about world affairs and wondered what it was all about. As we watch the American dollar and economy lose power on the worldstage, this alliance could quickly move to take its place, especially as other countries that used to be allied with us move over this bloc. As a matter of opinion, I think that on the global stage, BRICS is a union we should watch, as there are several large economic powers involved that aren't exactly friendsof the United States of America. Should this group continue to grow, it's possible that it could dramatically affect us with regard to world trade. And that's at the very least. Let's look a little deeper into it. What is BRICS? BRICS is an economic alliance that has been around since about 2001. Jim O'Neill from Goldman Sachs coined the acronym BRIC to represent the original countries: Brazil, Russia,India, and China. By 2010, South Africa had been added, bringing us to the current acronym. O'Neill predicted that by 2050, the original four nations would be the dominant forces in the global economy. Investopedia explains: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa ranked among the world's fastest-growing emerging market economies for years, thanks to low labor costs, favorable demographicsand abundant natural resources at a time of a global commodities boom. It's important to note that the Goldman Sachs thesis wasn't that these countries would become a political alliance (like the EU) or even a formal trading association. Instead,Goldman said they have the potential to form a powerful economic bloc, even acknowledging that its forecasts were optimistic and dependent on significant policy assumptions. Still, the implication was that economic power would bring political power, and indeed leaders from BRICS countries regularly attended summits together and often acted inconcert with each others' interests. Interest faded in the BRICS countries by around 2015, as per Investopedia. But does that mean we should write them off, too? BRICS is expanding. For many years, the United States has been a primary global economic power, but as our star shines a little less brightly due to our economic difficulties, poor governmentalmanagement, and less than stellar relationships with several other countries, BRICS seems poised to step into the position our nation once held. In 2015, at their 6th summit, the founding nations created the New Development Bank, with a currency pool of 100 billion USD and an additional reserve of another hundred billion.The countries also agreed to cooperate with one another in regard to credit and innovation. This has expanded over the years, and the nations have cooperated in things like planning an optical fiber submarine communications cable system for BRICS countries so thatthe US could not spy on its communications. (Although plans are in place, it has not yet been built at the time of this writing.) But now, with the war between Russia and Ukraine, and tensions with China, things seem to really be gearing up. What countries are involved in BRICS? Current members of BRICS are still the original ones. Brazil Russia India China South Africa But...the union seems intent on expanding, and other nations are in the midst of an application process. Multiple countries have asked to become a part of the bloc. The nations that have formally applied for acceptance into the cooperative are: Algeria Argentina Bahrain Egypt Indonesia Iran Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates In addition, interest has been expressed by the following countries: Afghanistan Bangladesh Belarus Kazakhstan Mexico Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Senegal Sudan Syria Thailand Tunisia Turkey Uruguay Venezuela Zimbabwe The original nations are meeting in South Africa on June 2nd and 3rd to discuss expansion. Why do we care about BRICs? Not a great deal has been mentioned about this in the news, but I believe that such a union is a very troubling sign. I've written before that the dollar is rapidly losinginternational trust and potentially even petrodollar status, and it seems as though a group such as this is well-poised to step into our place. Plus, a lot of these nations aren't exactly friendly to the United States in the first place. A formal alliancebetween countries like China, Russia, India, and Iran is troubling, particularly as our government has instituted brutal sanctions in the past. Bloomberg has said it expects the growth of BRICS to surpass the economic expectations of the G-7, the economic group of which the US is the leader, which consists of theUnited States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Canada. Zero Hedge reports on several reasons this is concerning. Per their analysis, while G7 and BRICS nations each contributed equally to global economic growth in 2020, the western-led bloc's performance has recently declined. By 2028,the G7 is expected to make up just 27.8 percent of the global economy, while BRICS will make up 35 percent. The estimations came just a few weeks after the Deputy Chairman of Russia's State Duma, Alexander Babakov, revealed that BRICS is working on developing a "new currency" thatwill be presented at the organization's upcoming summit. BRICS member states account for over 40 percent of the global population and around a quarter of the global GDP. The interest from Global South nations to join the bloc comes at a time when more and more governments move away from the US dollar. The greenback has become more unreliable for dollarized economies due to rising interest rates regulated by the US Federal Reserve (FED) and the bank's weaponization of thedollar through financial sanctions. In addition, the west - especially Europe - is facing a growing energy crisis resulting from sanctions targeting Russian energy markets due to its invasion of Ukraine andthe US sabotage of the Nordstream pipeline. Add to this that several Central and South American countries are interested in joining the ranks of BRICS, and this alliance could quite literally be in our own backyard.While this is assumed to be strictly an economic alliance, what happens if there is a global conflict? Would this coalition carry over into that realm as well? Sides are being chosen. What it looks like to me is that sides are being chosen and lines are being drawn. The United States has powerful enemies. (And that's not even including the ones within ourown borders who seem intent on destroying the very fabric of our culture.) While BRICS is not a threat to our way of life today, they could be a formidable foe in the very near future. While we lose economic power, they gain economic power. And in our modernworld, that is everything. For our entire lives, the United States has been on top of the global pyramid. One must wonder, when rivals begin to group together, how long we will keep that position. Our concerns are not only within our system but also from alliances that could destroy our global economic power. This would be a crushing blow that would change everythingfrom the price and availability of imports to the very fuel our country runs upon. The expansion of the BRICS alliance is very important to watch. While we certainly can't personally influence the proceedings, our awareness can help us to be one step aheadin our preparations. This could eventually destroy our already volatile financial system. We always think we have time, but it looks to me like that presumed time is rapidly running out. ------------------------------ Militarizing non-elected government agencies - Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com Recent news that the IRS was using part of its new influx of $80 Billion given to it by a Democratic-controlled Congress at the request of the Biden Administration to armIRS agents should send a chill down every American’s back. IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel confirmed at an April 27 Congressional hearing that his agency was hiring 1,200 extra armed agents to investigate “criminal” acts of fraud and tax evasion. This is alarmingbecause the IRS could very well view any evasion or perceived evasion of taxes as a crime. This is an agency that has “administrative” authority to freeze your bank accounts and seize your property. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg of a vast arming offederal agencies. In October 2017, Forbes documented that the government had spent some $1.48 billion arming 67 non-military federal agencies from 2006-2014, the bulk of it done during theObama Administration. Among those unelected, and some may say “unconstitutional” agencies, were the Department of Energy, General Services Administration, Bureau of Reclamation, the EPA, Railroad Retirement Board, Social Security Administration, Departmentof Education, Department of Interior, National Parks Service, US Geological Survey, and the Department of Agriculture. This is in addition to the DEA, Treasury Department, FBI, and others with at least some law enforcement duties. The Forbes article concluded “After grabbing legal power, federal bureaucrats are amassing firepower. It’s time to scale back the federal arsenal.” A Rasmussen poll of April 15, 2014 found only 16% percent of likely voters believed the federal government has the consent of the governed, while 54% considered the federalgovernment a threat to liberty rather than a protector of it. Majorities across Republican, Democrat and unaffiliated voters believed that government “has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests.” By the hundreds of ExecutiveOrders taking away Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms, the militarization of nearly every non-elected, Constitutionally questionable government agency from the IRS to BLM to even the Postal Service, the spying on American citizens, the refusal to enforceimmigration, and voter rights laws, the Democratic-controlled government has been dropping drops of tyranny into the crucible of freedom. The lyrics of a 1966 song by Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” warned: There’s somethin’ happenin’ here, But what it is ain’t exactly clear. There’s a man with a gunover there. A-tellin’ me I got to beware. I think it’s time we stop Children, what’s that sound? Everybody look what’s going down.” Over the decades politicians of a certain ilk have been slowly arming agencies that have no business having weapons. And youcan bet they are convincing their employees that they are doing a good thing toward enforcing the law. Absolute power. Agree or face the consequences. Increasingly, your free speech and religious freedom is being whittled like a helpless sapling. It’s gettingto a point where the choice will be clear as it was to Peter and the Apostles in Acts 5:29, “We ought to obey God rather than men.” That is our true liberty. Sources: https://www.theepochtimes.com/irs-hiring-more-armed-tax-enforcers-in-all-50-states_5228732.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe&src_src=morningbriefnoe&utm_campaign=mb-2023-04-30&src_cmp=mb-2023-04-30&utm_medium=email&est=mEOP7cnKqbnYVUlW3%2FZvLQ11%2BO8bYUpU1jVBpESo7nUkAUGBPv2LgnPhQnK%2FKg%3D%3D https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2017/10/20/why-are-federal-bureaucrats-buying-guns-and-ammo-158-million-spent-by-non-military-agencies/?sh=40b6a37864a1 ----------------------