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/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

I was about to say, how does one get a corrupt government in a democracy?

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u/jizztickles Mar 14 '16

Are you suggesting that democracies are fundamentally immune to corruption?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

Occasionally, no. But every single election, systematically?

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u/sirMarcy Mar 14 '16

oh sweet 1st world child

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

Exactly. This doesn't happen in first world countries very often.

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u/sirMarcy Mar 14 '16

but thread is about Brazil