> The worst part is how people are fine with it. If you go to r/Brasil you'll see endless mobs cheering the supreme court. Yeah it's disgusting, it seriously m

> The worst part is how people are fine with it. If you go to r/Brasil you'll see endless mobs cheering the supreme court. Yeah it's disgusting, it seriously makes me sick. It's literally written in the constitution that censorship is illegal, especially that of a political nature. Yet the judge-kings censored their political enemies. And people cheered them on. They even made a public spectacle out of it. In other countries, they at least keep their corruption under wraps because they're afraid of the consequences. Here, they do it openly. They rub it in your face and dare you to do something about it. And people love it because the target is someone they don't like. They think the dictator is on their side. The portuguese are not immune from brazilian persecution unfortunately. Couple months ago the polícia federal detained a portuguese citizen and journalist who visited Brazil to cover Bolsonaro's latest public rally. Looks like brazilian police was keeping tabs on this guy due to incredibly illegal opinions such as "Brazil is a judiciary dictatorship". Apparently they think it's illegal for the portuguese to hold wrong opinions too. Maybe they'll go back home and ruin Brazil's stellar international reputation? https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2024/02/25/portugues-que-veio-ao-brasil-para-ato-de-bolsonaristas-em-sp-e-retido-em-aeroporto-pela-pf-e-liberado.ghtml https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2024/02/25/portugu... https://imirante.com/noticias/sao-luis/2024/02/25/ipolitica-prisao-de-jornalista-que-iria-cobrir-ato-pro-bolsonaro-repercute-internacionalmente https://imirante.com/noticias/sao-luis/2024/02/25/ipolitica-... > What's the political situation like? Suffice it to say my own parents who lived through an actual military dictatorship approached me and asked me to stop commenting on things online because they're afraid I might get arrested. I actually wonder if one day dang is gonna get some letter from the brazilian government because of my comments. > Do most people agree with what's going on? Are they uninformed like in Portugal? Is it a loud internet minority thing? Can't say for certain. Whatever I say will be colored by my horrible experiences trying to deal with all this stuff. HN is actually the only place where I feel free enough to speak my mind and even here I run into some incredibly misinformed people. I've had to explain to other brazilians here that Lula is a self-admitted communist. People think I'm trolling them or something. It borders on gaslighting.