Brazil’s democracy had collapsed. “So I think that while increased public support for a military coup is troubling, it’s much more likely Brazilian democracy will die at the hands of an elected leader.” Brazil is about to show the world how a modern democracy falls apart. In 2010, Tiririca, a Brazilian clown, announced a run for a congressional seat in São Paulo and launched a campaign meant to parody the Brazilian political system. Even in the best-case scenario, Bolsonaro’s Brazil will become even less democratic for the people who already suffer the vast majority of violence and oppression. But even in the best-case scenario, Bolsonaro’s Brazil will almost certainly become even less democratic for the people who already suffer the vast majority of violence and oppression there, from the state and otherwise.

Source: Huffington Post January 01, 2019 12:56 UTC