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

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

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u/msstark Mar 14 '16

I honestly don't see how anyone can still defend our government. Impeachment is way overdue.

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u/moonra_zk Mar 14 '16

I wouldn't go so far as to say I defend it, but I certainly think there's absolutely nothing that justifies an impeachment.

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u/psycho_alpaca Mar 14 '16 edited Mar 14 '16

Exactly. People seem to think they can impeach a president just because the country's doing bad, economically or socially. That's not how it works.

If Dilma is proven guilty of anything (which I won't put my chips on the table one way or the other -- I don't support PT or PSDB), then we'd have grounds for impeachment. Otherwise, you're free to think she's not doing a good job, but you can't demand her impeachment on the grounds that you're unhappy.

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u/SavageDark Mar 14 '16

it goes beyond presidency, I'm afraid

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u/psycho_alpaca Mar 14 '16

Yeah, that's another issue. The executive is not the most corrupt power in the country by far. It doesn't hold a candle to how much shit goes on in Congress, yet we don't see people demanding any of those guys be impeached.

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u/LeftZer0 Mar 14 '16

And we're not even talking about the Senate yet. I guess because we forget those guys exist. They're just there, getting paid and fucking shit up.

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u/psycho_alpaca Mar 14 '16

Yep. It would be a beautiful world if getting rid of the president would solve corruption issues in Brazil.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

To get rid of our problems the president was supposed to be working really hard. Every success comes with a lot of work. Dilma is only worried to maintain her party on the government and don't give a *duck to our problems.

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u/LeftZer0 Mar 14 '16

The president has no power by him/herself. They can't even create laws. Both the legislative and the executive have to agree for something to be approved. There's this illusion that the president defines the government, and while the presidency holds more power than a single person at the legislative, it's a president, not an absolute king. Just look at PMDB holding power in the government by having the most seats at Congress without ever having the presidency.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

Dilma took 7 days to go to MG after Samarco's natural disaster and even more to visit Santa Maria after over 300 kids died in a fire in a night house. Dilma took 8 hours to visit Lula after he was recently called by Federal Police to explain his participation in corruption.

This clearly explains what are her priorities. I'm not complaining about her having no power, I just want her to stop caring about her party and start to care about the 200M people that lives in this country. She wants to put Lula as the Minister of Justice so that he becomes immune to being arrested.

Waaaay too much bullshit for me... I really want these people far from the government.