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Make no mistake here, Brazil is just not in the same situation as the US because Bolsonaro couldn't manage to equip the Superior Court with a majority of loyali

Make no mistake here, Brazil is just not in the same situation as the US because Bolsonaro couldn't manage to equip the Superior Court with a majority of loyalists. Also Alexandre de Moraes is crossing the line of his role responsibility (and power) a lot to go after everyone in Bolsonaro's gang. So it is not quite a democracy, is just that Bolsonaro has stronger enemies than Trump. And this brings the question if to fight someone who does not care about the rules, you must become them and break the rules as well.

matheusmoreira 1y ago
> Also Alexandre de Moraes is crossing the line of his role responsibility (and power) a lot to go after everyone in Bolsonaro's gang. That's a serious understatement. The supreme court has usurped the functions of the entire government. These unelected judge-kings regularly walk all over our elected representatives in the legislative and executive branches of the government with absolute impunity. They relativize the constitution, make up laws as they go along and generally rule the country however they see fit. They are so brazen as to raise taxes. The only people who can impeach them are politicians who can't afford to make enemies out of the guys with the power to judge them for corruption. Watching some journalist preach about "democratic maturity" in the context of Brazil is just disgusting and reprehensible. Whatever people think of Trump, he's the only one who ever did a thing about this depressing situation so I'll forever thank him for it.