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I used to work with 2. One was a girl, used to be afiliated to the PCdoB (brazilian communist party), wich I wold never comment about politics around, because

I used to work with 2. One was a girl, used to be afiliated to the PCdoB (brazilian communist party), wich I wold never comment about politics around, because she was not a very controled person. Another was a guy I work with now. His parents were militnats of the Workers Party. Guy go visit Cuba every now and then, and sing the praises of Fidel Castro e Maduro every week or so... Its true, people in Brazil are now less leftist that they used to be. I think the last events, with all the corruption scnadals throwed a lot of people to a more moderated left, but you still find a lot o hardcore leftists, expecialy online.

oscargrouch 9y ago
Of course you will find them, and its clear by now that social networks give voice to the radical minorities that scream the most. But your comment make it look like, you cant even walk in Brazil, without finding a leftist in every corner, supporting Maduro policies. That was i were addressing about. I generally dont bother to comment this type of comments here on HN, but i thought that in your parent comment, you were overreacting. And mind you that this for many, its their first experience to this sort of information. And giving information here tend to be more scientifically focused, more based on samples, and carefully elaborated, what you say in this forum weights much more than in other places that are already used to hiperboles. Particularly i find good when different points of view can coexist in a democratic society.. communists, anarchists, conservatives, etc.. For me the problem is actually when there are too many of them (whatever the ideology is), believing in the same thing, because there is only one point of view.. no more dialog, or a dialetical relationship with the social status quo. The social network mirror that says we are becoming radicals and more polarized is wrong, i dont buy it, because its not really reproduced in other environments.
- owebmaster 9y ago
  > But your comment make it look like, you cant even walk in Brazil, without finding a leftist in every corner, supporting Maduro policies. 90% of Brazilians don't really have a political position. Most of them just follow the media. And the national media goes from liberal left to liberal/conservative right all the time. But if you look at the 10% of brazilians that are politically engaged, 90% of it will be left wing. 10% of it will be libertarians/free market zealots.

oscargrouch 9y ago

Of course you will find them, and its clear by now that social networks give voice to the radical minorities that scream the most. But your comment make it look like, you cant even walk in Brazil, without finding a leftist in every corner, supporting Maduro policies. That was i were addressing about. I generally dont bother to comment this type of comments here on HN, but i thought that in your parent comment, you were overreacting. And mind you that this for many, its their first experience to this sort of information. And giving information here tend to be more scientifically focused, more based on samples, and carefully elaborated, what you say in this forum weights much more than in other places that are already used to hiperboles. Particularly i find good when different points of view can coexist in a democratic society.. communists, anarchists, conservatives, etc.. For me the problem is actually when there are too many of them (whatever the ideology is), believing in the same thing, because there is only one point of view.. no more dialog, or a dialetical relationship with the social status quo. The social network mirror that says we are becoming radicals and more polarized is wrong, i dont buy it, because its not really reproduced in other environments.

owebmaster 9y ago
> But your comment make it look like, you cant even walk in Brazil, without finding a leftist in every corner, supporting Maduro policies. 90% of Brazilians don't really have a political position. Most of them just follow the media. And the national media goes from liberal left to liberal/conservative right all the time. But if you look at the 10% of brazilians that are politically engaged, 90% of it will be left wing. 10% of it will be libertarians/free market zealots.