[maronato]

This take is at best outdated and at worst disingenuous. Brazil’s democracy was threatened by an actual authoritarian with oligarchical ties during Bolsonaro’s presidency, but its institutions resisted, and he was democratically removed. Now he, his minions, the aspiring oligarchs, and the insurrectionists who attempted their own “January 6th” are facing real consequences — including jail time.

You can’t say the same about the US and its actual oligarchs.

(The corrupt part is true)