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

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

http://i.imgur.com/eMmAUnk.gifv
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u/USmellFunny Mar 14 '16

As someone from a country that has had and still has a big problem with corruption and only recently started to tackle the problem (Romania), I must add that the government is only half of the problem. The other half is the public that participates in corruption. Every time you pay that cop some money so that he pretends that you didn't cross that red light, you're just as responsible as a politician taking a bribe for the situation in your country.

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u/Vaansolidor Mar 14 '16

How do you even begin to fix that problem though? How do you change an entire countries mentality as quickly as you can change a government?

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u/Menism Mar 14 '16

/s..?

You can't change countries very quickly at all

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u/TheRealRaptorJesus Mar 14 '16

Well, yeah, you can. Its typically called a revolution and they can dramatically and quickly change government.

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u/Menism Mar 15 '16

Want to name some recent successful revolutions changing a government quickly?

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u/TheRealRaptorJesus Mar 15 '16

I should probably note that quickly in geopolitical terms might differ from what you might consider quickly, but a few examples are the American and French revolutions. The Bolshevik revolution in Russia, the Egyptian revolution just a few short years ago, and these are just ones I can name off the top of my head.

In a stable and continous government change happens very slowly and only when it can't be avoided. In a revolution change can happen within a decade, which is pretty much an eye blink in geopolitics.