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

Obviously, this matters much more to people in Brazil but I also think it has international significance.

https://theintercept.com/2018/10/28/jair-bolsonaro-elected-president-brazil/

Breitbart, for example, supports what is likely to be the impending Brazilian military dictatorship:

https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2018/10/26/brazils-bolsonaro-makes-final-anti-corruption-push-our-country-isnt-a-criminal-gang/

For some light utopian escapism, I'm gonna watch some more House of Cards on Netflix
Burnley123
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Northwest · M
If you're thinking domino theory, then I don't think so. What I think will happen is Brazil will go through another cycle of a different type of corruption, they will tire of it eventually.

In Brazil, I think it's about replacing one type of corruption with another.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@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.
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Northwest · M
@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
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