Context and memory missing

July 11, 2025

It appears that this article, whilst interesting in terms of being an accurate reflection of the increasingly dystopian US-centred world view in some respects, also reflects pretty clearly the disconnect between that world view and the reality as perceived by the other 85% of the world’s population. That can be seen clearly in two areas of the organised forgetting that underlies much of that Western world view.

The first is in seeing the overall agreement that was reflected in the uncontroversial meeting of the BRICS in Rio de Janeiro. The article suggests that the lack of excitement evident at the meeting reflected a growing irrelevance, rather than reflecting an evident display of agreement and seriously working through the matters that are on its agenda. The dollar continues its evident slide into irrelevance and work continues assiduously on a new international financial architecture.

Secondly the attempt to suggest double standards with respect to Ukraine and Israel tries to achieve its purpose by simply ignoring context – the Western way when confronted with complex reality. That caters to the infantile Western desire to fit reality into the “good guy” (West} and" bad guy" ( the enemy du jour) mindset.