Why is Bolsonaro still so popular in Brazil that tens of thousand people took to the street to protest his trial?
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-bolsonaro-protests-verdict-week-987d77696b5c88eaeace3ce9450291a8
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-bolsonaro-protests-verdict-week-987d77696b5c88eaeace3ce9450291a8
27 Comments
PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social · 125 pts · 363d
Because right-wind ideologues have gotten super skilled at hoodwinking the common people into thinking they're on their side.
madcaesar@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 363d
Social media is our generation's lead paint. It's totally melted and twisted people's brains and reasoning skills.
dkppunk@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 363d
I agree this has been a major factor. During the early internet days, folks used to tell me “don’t believe everything you read on the internet”. Now those same folks believe everything they read on the internet.
yessikg@fedia.io · 2 pts · 362d
Microplastics is our generation's lead paint, social media is just the shit on top of that
KnightontheSun@sh.itjust.works · 32 pts · 363d
Those common people are the clay of the land…
prex@aussie.zone · 39 pts · 363d
I couldn't resist.
Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 75 pts · 363d
I mean if Donald trump was being prosecuted and it seemed like he'd actually face legal consequences, he'd still have tons of people who support him in the US.
Cults of personality who use the support they've built to game the political system and try to uproot democracy do so through their ability to build support.
I'd wager he only got to the point where he could try to game the election because he had the ability to build so much support and was successful in doing so.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 363d
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/significant-trump-protest-fails-materialize-ny-rcna147982
Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 363d
While that is a fair counterpoint, it does feel like there's a difference between being prosecuted for like real estate fraud or whatever in one of the most left leaning states, and what's currently happening with Bolsonaro.
If we get to a point where trump tries to steal an election, fails, and is actually facing extremely serious federal consequences, I would expect we would see a lot of trump supporters out in the streets.
He didn't even get held accountable but the fact that he could fail at stealing the election in 2020 was enough to produce jan 6th, and I imagine jan 6th and how it blew up and (temporarily) got a lot of folks in legal trouble, blew off a lot of the steam and confidence needed for a bigger showing in response to the legal trouble trump almost kinda sorta got in.
I don't think the way things are playing out in Brazil is terribly surprising.
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 362d
Kind of want to say, "I'll take your guilty verdict and raise you a Jan 6."
hector@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 362d
The president committed more crimes than you could shake a stick at. They have not even dug into his business dealings.
Then of course he spent three months trying to end the Republic in all but name by taking elections he did not win and accusing his opponents of doing the same.
Felt out support for declaring martial law and rerunning elections, then the entire violent coup attempt where he tried to take Congress hostage.
There is no person more deserving of any criminal charges than the president. But the Democrats are cunts and allowed the Craven and captured Justice departments and judiciaries To neglect their most basic duty and did nothing for 3 years until it was too late
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 44 pts · 363d
Need I say more?
noahm@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 363d
Holy shit
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 363d
No, no you do not. Legit belongs in a mental hospital for a 28 days stay.
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 362d
Imagine the US government did the right thing and put Trump behind bars for his crimes.
What would the MAGA brains do?
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 362d
Commit acts of terrorism against blue cities
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 2 pts · 362d
Well, more of them
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 362d
Another Jan 6? Watch them kill more cops?
Visstix@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 363d
On the bright side they also had a counter protest with thousands of people too.
littleguy@lemmy.cif.su · 17 pts · 363d
People are stupid.
It's easier to fool someone than to convince them they'd been fooled.
zxqwas@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 363d
No politician is elected to such an office without being able to gather a lot of support from a large fraction of the population.
callyral@pawb.social · 13 pts · 362d
They fly Israeli and American flags in our (Brazil's) Independence Day while claiming to be "patriots".
hector@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 362d
Some people people live in an alternate reality crafted by their media and influencers. The right wing just has been bringing their thralls to very dark places. It happened step by step not all at once. Aiming to go full Nazi.
Randomgal@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 362d
Same reason the US is now a petty Kingdom.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 362d
lmdnw@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 362d
Because it’s easy to make stupid evil people hate other people and they support politicians who hate the same people as them.
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online · 6 pts · 363d
it's different for everyone but it's usually cognitive dissonance (most of us aren't exempt either)
dumbass@leminal.space · 5 pts · 363d
This TED talk explains it