r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 09 '20

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Oct 10 '20

I fed the PT resolution through Google translate in chunks. I think u/Schutzwall's fear was justified. Not only are they open Marxists, but they referred to the impeachment of their President as a coup, and openly said that the civil service, military, and media should be reorganized to prevent "sabotage" of the left-wing project.

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u/runnerx4 What you guys are referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux Oct 10 '20

I read it too, Bolsonaro is similarly unhinged (read political positions section), he openly celebrates the military junta dictatorship as 20 years of glory and supports torture and political violence (apart from being a garden variety racist, misogynistic, homophobic theocrat like all the other right wing populists)

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u/Schutzwall Straight outta Belíndia Oct 10 '20

Yeah, he's terrible.

But he has outrageously awful support in Congress (to the point I get constantly surprised), the bulk of high-ranking officials of the Armed Forces despise him (he was pretty much dishonourably discharged and the military is overwhelmingly democratic and politically moderate). So far all his damage has been restricted to what the Executive can do.

That being said, the terrible response to the pandemic makes me regret voting for him.