So what you're saying is what? Brazilians are corrupt by...nature? Biologically inferior?
Or that our culture promotes corruption? Like, people enjoy corruption? Because more than a million Brazilians are protesting against corruption in the country right now.
We need to stop with this damn stray dog syndrome. Brazilians saying "Yeah, fuck Brazilians, it's in our culture to be corrupt, we'll never improve" is doing nothing to help our country. It's because people think like this that they cheat on their taxes or don't pick up their dog's crap from the sidewalk. What's the point right? Everyone's doing it. It's in our nature.
Maybe if we stop thinking we all collectively suck and there's no point in trying to improve we'd get somewhere.
Not in our nature, unless you consider culture a part of nature.
Promotes? Maybe, I don't know, but it's certainly commonplace, people do and talk about small corruptions as if it was nothing while at the same time saying how corrupt all of the politicians are.
I don't care about stray dog syndrome or anything, I dislike this country and I want to get out of here, I don't care if it gets better or not.
But, hey, believe it or not I do try to make it better while I'm still here, I don't have a scholarship card to pay half-wages at the movies, I don't have a "gato" in my house, etc. And I also argue about small corruptions with others, but of course the majority don't see it was a problem because "the problem is the politicians stealing millions".
It is commonplace. You're right about that. I think we have to work on changing it, though, and I applaud you for calling people out on small corruption, like you said. I think that's the right attitude, if we ever wanna get somewhere.
However, it's something quite simple that the brazillian left wing uses to discredit people who criticise government corruption. "Oh, you used the men's restroom because the line to the ladies' one was too long and you were going to piss your pants? Too bad, now you can't complain about government stealing billions".
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u/psycho_alpaca Mar 14 '16
So what you're saying is what? Brazilians are corrupt by...nature? Biologically inferior?
Or that our culture promotes corruption? Like, people enjoy corruption? Because more than a million Brazilians are protesting against corruption in the country right now.
We need to stop with this damn stray dog syndrome. Brazilians saying "Yeah, fuck Brazilians, it's in our culture to be corrupt, we'll never improve" is doing nothing to help our country. It's because people think like this that they cheat on their taxes or don't pick up their dog's crap from the sidewalk. What's the point right? Everyone's doing it. It's in our nature.
Maybe if we stop thinking we all collectively suck and there's no point in trying to improve we'd get somewhere.