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It's very obvious that 
is circling the drain now, but clearly this didn't just happen in a vacuum. It must've started crumbling at some point... but when?
Some people might say it started after 9/11, others might say it goes back to the Raegan administration. A few might even say it started after losing the Vietnam War, or when they went off the gold standard. Or maybe even earlier...
What do you think? 
BRICS is a pretty big removed in the armor. The next few years as they establish themselves is going to be interesting
Context-independent no-no word filters are such fucking crap
I kinda think they're hilarious and have considered manually typing removed as a bit but it always seems problematic
Thing is, if you make them context dependent to handle common cases like Sremovedhorpe you open the door to just abusing the filter. So there's definitely a balance point between too sensitive and too forgiving.
I wouldn't put too much stake in BRICS, however it is a definitive sign that things are slowly shifting away from imperial control