When the source linked by the poster is an avowed socialist touting the advantages of Russia, North Korea, China and Iran I doubt that their perspective is worth much.
Pepe Escobar described a very organized and comprehensive plan to topple our Dollar as the reserve currency of the world. If they are successful, after the amount of debt we have built up, it will suddenly put us in bankruptcy. This is something we all should pay attention to.
One might ask how many avowed socialists in the EU, Canada and our United States of America there are. Given that some membership of the DSA sits in our own governments, federal and below, and some likely on our courts benches, and given the observable fact that much of academia is captured by socialists of varied flavors in the moment, and adding in the sorts of celebrity talking heads in news and opinion, your complaint rings a little hollow.
The "word" of an enemy as much as a friend is worth noting, which one finds in many adages and slogans we often spout at one another in lieu of more in-depth discussion.
As to BRICS, which seems something that will change as time passes, "advantage" is something they seem to be seeking, and it is wise and NOT foolish to heed their views. Had one believed what Mein Kapmpf or the Koran actually said before letting these kinds of hatreds slip in under our radar, one would have been better prepared for events such as we have seen. An "avowed socialist" and his words are worth taking to heart, even as we would disagree with them. Fervently.
Police shouldn't be aware of the potential information from a perp, attorneys shouldn't be aware of opposing counsels' strategies, commanders in the field shouldn't recon and learn of enemy positions, and of course Intel officers shouldn't read anything they might disagree with....
I've read the idiotic Communist Manifesto yet remain an avid defender of freedom and am wholly against dictatorship in any and all forms, and read Darwin's Origins yet remain an avid "creationist," and more.
To opine that a "perspective" isn't "worth much" is to argue that information -- even opposing information -- isn't worth much.
Isn't it odd that we are discussing such as this on a forum by the marvelous name of Free Republic.