Should people be worried about Bolsonaro's election as Brazilian President?

Only a small percentage of the population lived through WWII, the majority know of it through movies and history class. They have no feeling for what brought it about. I have hope that the upcoming USA election will put us back on track to a civilized society.

@jim44444 From your lips to God's ears.

@windinhishair Thanks for the reply and I agree.

@Burnley123 Trump consumes the headlines, and much of that is warranted, but it is also important to recognize what is happening globally that also has wide-reaching impacts. None of us exists in a vacuum. Often I just have to get away from US politics and listen to the BBC, Deutsche Welle, and other international broadcasts.

@windinhishair Fair enough. I was being a bit of an arse with my comment below and I know most people on here are American so its understandably gonna be their point of reference. Trump is abysmal and its right that he takes up news but it does seem to drown out all other things.

I completely agree that he doesn't exist in a vacuum.

@Northwest If there is a domino effect, it'll be Latin American only and won't extend to any western country. I just see it as an example of what could happen in the west deep down the line.

I agree with you about corruption. Under a dictatorship that gets worse because it's easier to hide. There has always been rampant corruption in Brazil. Why its such a big deal now is that you have a free press and social media to expose it all.

I hope you are right and that Brazil sets a bad example for nationalism but I think the Brazilian people are gonna suffer a lot.

@Burnley123 [quote]I think the Brazilian people are gonna suffer a lot.[/quote]

Of that, I have no doubt, but the Brazilian people, as in those who live in the slums, have always been ignored, and one way or another, they end up paying a high price.

The wild card is Trump. If he thinks he can go Banana Republic style with fragmented South American regimes, then he might endorse and try to work with Bolsonaro. Then it's back to the 1960s-1990s

@CountScrofula I really don't know if anything a leftist says is truth. It's gotten to the point that I figure anyone the left freaks out about must be on the right track. The left is like a reverse barometer. If the left swears it's truth, it's sure to be a lie, and if the left says it's a lie, it's sure to be truth. There are no words foul enough to describe how I feel about the left as it is now.

@puck61 [quote]It's gotten to the point that I figure anyone the left freaks out about must be on the right track[/quote]

Isn't that a danger though? Could it not mean that you are gonna support anyone who the left criticises under any circumstances. You don't have to agree with me about everything but I think people can be manipulated.

@Burnley123 The kind of dark ages conservatism that Bolsonaro is into would never get off the ground here. I don't want the inquisition, or anything. I don't believe in trying to choreograph other people's karma if they aren't hurting anyone. I heard Bolsonaro is pretty 'anti gay'. We have a lot of work to do to get back to Andy's Mayberry and Norman Rockwell's "Malt Shop", I would like to see a world where abortion was not the best option for so many people. It would take a sudden epidemic of 'responsibility' and 'respect' and I don't see how that can happen without major divine intervention . I honestly would like to see 'hard work', 'respect', 'responsibility', and traditional religious values play a larger role in society