The article above discusses the closure of a BYD factory site in Brazil due to allegedly poor working conditions.
The BRICS countries which are made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa might be a shallow dream.
Most of These so-called BRICKS countries are too economically unbalanced and politically fractured to form a single union.
Brazil is facing its issues of corruption and economic instability, while China and India are geopolitical rivals with completely different models of governing.
South Africa on the other hand feels more like a passenger and I don't even know how to classify them for instance Nigeria has been downgrading economically for some time now and for some reason South Africa hasn't made any effort to completely take over the African economy.
Now add all this to the recent scandal involving BYD's factory in Brazil, accused of slave-like conditions.
This only underscores the internal issues that could render any collective economic plan ineffective.
The idea of BRICS as a counterweight to Western dominance is More fantasy than reality.
Until China which is likely to play the role of the United States of the BRICKS starts learning from the United States how to clean up their dirts. And South Africa is ready to take over the African continent with Brazil playing an influential and significant role in the South American economy and Russia having significant influence over Europe or playing the military strength of the BRICKS nation.
What do you think?