[tumsfestival]

I agree he's the person who managed to give rise to Brazilian fascism, yes. Unless you consider nationalism as the desire to regress back into a brutal dictatorship where dissenting voices get "disappeared", the media is heavily censored and controlled by the state and the government kowtows to American supremacy and interests.

[matheusmoreira]

> regress back into a brutal dictatorship

Brazil is a dictatorship of the judiciary. Maybe it's not a "brutal" dictatorship but it is a dictatorship.

The unelected supreme court walked all over our elected congress just days ago. Only reason why they don't dissolve the brazilian congress is they need to maintain the illusion of democracy.

> where dissenting voices get "disappeared"

> the media is heavily censored and controlled by the state

Already reality in some form or other. It's just not happening quite so overtly as it would happen in a so called "brutal" dictatorship.

> the government kowtows to American supremacy and interests

Better than kowtowing to chinese supremacy and interests.

You cannot possibly think there's even the slightest possibility of Brazil failing to kowtow to someone, right? Right. So I'd rather it be someone I agree with, and it sure as hell isn't China and Russia.

[arunabha]

> Brazil is a dictatorship of the judiciary. Maybe it's not a "brutal" dictatorship but it is a dictatorship.

Do you have anything to back that claim up beyond your usual 'I read the Brazilian constitution'?

Yes, you may have read the constitution and you might even be very smart, however what you don't comprehend is that law is not code, nor is it everyday English in spite of laws being written in English. Interpreting the law requires training, experience and context. There is a reason why law is a separate field of study and there are licensing requirements.

If you're still convinced of your legal smarts, try volunteering at a legal aid clinic based on your reading of the constitution and the Brazilian criminal code. It will very quickly teach you just how little you actually know in this area.