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Lula's latest electoral win is a greatest testament to Bolsonaro's inaptitude to lead Brazil than Lula's particular merit -- not unlike Biden's victory over Tru
by airstrike 4y ago
Lula's latest electoral win is a greatest testament to Bolsonaro's inaptitude to lead Brazil than Lula's particular merit -- not unlike Biden's victory over Trump
The fact that Lula and Bolsonaro were the anointed the two best candidates out of the 214 million Brazilians alive today is the sadder, bigger-picture story here -- again not unlike the US experience
But the Brazilian political system has perhaps a single advantage over its American counterpart: a plurality of political parties (ok, perhaps too many).
I'm hopeful that newer parties with fresher perspectives have the prerequisite wit and werewithal to insert themselves in a more prominent position for the next electoral cycle. "NOVO" comes to mind -- a modern party with modern views on paper, but which has yet to produce a viable candidate
- potamic 4y agoI think this is a common theme all over the world where there is a steady increase in corruption with time. But really, this should be expected. Political systems across the world are now many decades old. No system can be perfect and with passing time, more and more vulnerabilities are only discovered. Players exploit these to gain power within the system. The one who manages to exploit most vulnerabilities will tend to be at the top, which means in this day and age, you need to be extremely corrupt in order to reach the top of a system. It's impossible otherwise.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoTrue. I wish we had better candidates.