I've got 3/4 of a BRIC

At any given moment, it appears that I have traffic from three out of four of the BRIC countries -- usually, as now, Russia, India and China. Brazil occasionally checks in to give me the BRIC foursome. People say these four countries are the future. If that's true, I hope I check out early. It's hard to tell which dominates these countries -- widespread poverty amidst strong economic growth, of the massive corruption that makes the first condition inescapable. All four of those countries lack a middle class, and all but India lack even an inclination toward some kind of genuine representative government. I'm not happy with the way the U.S. is going these days, but if the BRIC guys are the future, count me out.