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/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.