• @masquenox
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    63 hours ago

    Brazil is a good world citizen.

    Uhhh, did you forget that Brazil was being run by a fascist war criminal just a short while ago?

    • xor
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      1 hour ago

      And now it isn’t, that’s democracy, baby

      I fully agree that Bolsonaro was a straight up demon, but I also agree with the idea that - currently - the administration of Brazil is probably about as good an example of a good world citizen as it gets

      • @masquenox
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        438 minutes ago

        And now it isn’t, that’s democracy,

        Abso-fucking-lutely not. Fascists would NEVER be able to gain power in a truly democratic society. No ifs, ands or butts.

        Fascists are funded into power (and into existence) by CAPITALISTS - adherents to an ideology that is violently incompatible with anything that can be called democratic with a straight face.

        Brazil is not a democratic society. It is a (so-called) “liberal democracy” - something that can be more accurately described as 95% capitalism with some fake democracy substitute thrown in as a legitimising measure.

        That is THE WHOLE POINT of liberalism.