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Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by dragontamer on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @10:32AM (#48208522)
The new alignment isnt East vs West... But North vs Global South, which Brazil sees itself a part of the South.
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Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by moralestapia on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @10:36AM (#48208592)
???

Wrong thread?

The comment I see reads like this:

"That sounds a little authoritarian for many Western countries, I imagine."

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Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by Nerwesta on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @11:58AM (#48209859)
Yeah the concept of "Western" is a relic of the Cold war, just like Western Europe / Eastern Europe ( past some countries being genuinely there ) It's still taught like that to younger people, but definitely shouldn't.
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Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by dvfjsdhgfv on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @11:22AM (#48209265)
Where's Russia and Australia then?
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Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by dragontamer on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @05:31PM (#48214429)
And Cuba was in the West during the Cold war. We knew what East vs West meant, it's more a figurative phrase than anything.

Today's alignment is shaping up to be North and South. Not quite 'versus' like the Cold war was.

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