[rebanevapustus]

It's naive to believe that the Brazilian government has the population's best interest at heart.

It is a Russian-style aristocracy with zero freedom of speech. I genuinely believe that Lula as a "people's person" cared for the "people" at some point, but that's long gone.

Brazil is a failed state with 52(!) GNI. That level of inequality signals a gargantuan failure of the state.

My hope for the country is that is gets split at some point, since as it is, it only "works" for a very small minority.

> The current descent into a quasi-fascist state isn't enticing either. > In the meantime, I guess I'll learn some basic Mandarin and spend more time in China.

What?