[dr_dshiv]

Maybe in a democracy

[brabel]

You know what happens in a democracy where people do not have enough education and just don't trust their own government to work effectively? They elect the least capable people possible to positions of power.

Take Brazil for example. There will be federal elections there this year and who is the candidates that's set to win the elections? Lula, the same president that presided over Brazil when the largest corruption scheme in the history of the world [1] was at its peak. He spent years in prison and was freed recently, just in time to become president again, because of course, people believe he was innocent, or probably will at least "steal less" than the others.

I am not convinced we should blame all Brazilians for the actions of its corrupt government even if just about a majority of Brazilians vote for patently corrupt candidates. As always , these things are complicated.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Car_Wash

[dr_dshiv]

However, documents leaked in June 2019 to Glenn Greenwald at The Intercept suggest that Judge Sérgio Moro may have been partial in his decisions,[20] passing on 'advice, investigative leads, and inside information to the prosecutors'[21] to 'prevent Lula's Workers' Party from winning' the 2018 elections.[21] Several top jurisprudence authorities and experts in the world have reacted to the leaks by describing former President Lula as a political prisoner and calling for his release.[22][23] Lula was ultimately released on 8 November 2019,[24] and Brazil's Supreme Court ruled justice Moro was biased against Lula in March 2021.[25]

[brabel]

Do you believe that means Lula had no responsibility and is innocent, or even that he's capable enough to run the country despite the fact this scandal happened right under his nose, even if he didn't explicitly participate?

[ouid]

Every country is at least a little bit democratic. Russian citizens living in Russia have a lot more power to affect the political situation in Russia than non-Russian citizens, or those not living in Russia.