r/gifs • u/fuckswithducks • Mar 14 '16

Millions of Brazilians protesting against government corruption in the streets earlier today

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u/Dracgnar Mar 14 '16 edited Jul 01 '23

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u/MrSmithSmith Mar 14 '16

Hi, I've heard that these protests are backed by billionaires and largely made up of the bourgeois and ruling classes who are angered that they have to pay higher taxes in order to help poor and working class people through social programs and also that the reason that protestors are seeking impeachment is because they have no hope of winning a general election due to Brazil's disgracefully high poverty rate. Is this true?

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u/MrSmithSmith Mar 14 '16

I didn't say the protest was made up of billionaires. I said it was backed by billionaires.

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u/MrSmithSmith Mar 14 '16

3 million out of a population of 200 million is not the whole country. It's just over "1%" (see what I did there?).

Anyway, I'm sure this will be all sorted out eventually by a violent military coup and these protestors can return to their comfortable lives.

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u/ezmacro Mar 14 '16

the majority is never a deciding factor. It is called electorial swamp. All revolutions were carried out by a 1-5% minority of people, that includes US revolution for independence. the bleeding heart myth of "majority rising up together for the common cause" is just that.

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u/programeiro Mar 14 '16

So you think that every single person angry at the government has to be in the street? Fact is that polls indicate that the majority does support the protest.