Will Brazil return to dictatorship?

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Jair Bolsonaro (since this video was made) won 46% of the first round vote in the Brazilian election and will almost certainly be elected President of the country. He has praised the previous Brazilian dictatorship, believes in paramilitary policing, is against all minorities and has a Chicago school economist as his chief advisor. The best person to compare him to is probably Chile's General Pinochet.

A toxic combination has created this situation. An elite fighting back against the fear of lost privilege, people disillusioned with mainstream institutions and bad economic times. Also, the soft coup against Dilma Rousseff destabilised things. Desperate people look to a strong man for salvation.

A lot of the press compares Bolsonaro to Trump, like this article:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/08/brazil-us-presidential-elections-bolsonaro

It's a bit much TBF. There are clear thematic links but Bolsonaro is worse than Trump. Also, Brazil is a new democracy and lacks the strong institutions to resist someone wanting to be a dictator. Worrying times.

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Northwest · M

He told the electorate to head to the beach on the 28th. Perhaps his supporters will listen :-)

Brazil seems poised to slide into quasi-dictatorship, if he wins, and it looks like he will. The Pinochet comparison seems to be accurate. He will also have the lower house on his side, with an expected win for this party there.

Brazilians are fed up with corruption, unless they can benefit from it, and the soft-coup against the Previous President, did not help. They're going to learn that the swinging pendulum strategy does not work.

If he loses, I believe the military will execute a soft-coup, and use some excuse to put him in power.

I noticed that you picked up an SW Trumpster Brazilian clone. They do argue the same way, don't they? no substance, foul language, personal attacks, and obfuscation :-)

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Northwest Oh yeah. For me it kind of underlines the danger, particularly in your own country, if there is no resistance strong enough. Trump would be a quazi dictator if American institutions were weaker and a load of people would actually support it.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@Burnley123 To be fair I'd be a dictator too but like a benevolent one who favors cats drastically. I'd def. enact harsher laws for protecting cats and cat owners would get special privileges #notsorry 😏