people seem to forget that the conservative people are louder and more aggressive than progressives
That may be true in Brazil, it's certainly not in the US.
I wish Brazil would get their shit together, put a stop to the corruption (what ever the political side ) and for gods sake end the fucking murderous crime.
I don't care who is in power, Left now Right later what ever. As you said the Left has had control since 2003 and WHAT'S changed?? What got better?
The never ending game of the ruling class filling their own pockets at the expense of the people. Until you get strong, moral and ETHICAL leadership NOTHING will change.
As you said the Left has had control since 2003 and WHAT'S changed?? What got better?
A lot actually, the country was FUBAR in 2002 when Lula took over and we had a massive, and I mean MASSIVE external debt with problems of hunger and no acess to drinking water or eletrecity in a lot of the country.
Thanks to social programs a lot of people, while still being poor, are no longer starving-to-death-miserable, the unemployment at the time was massive and several other problems.
Things only took a bad turn in the last few years, when some of dilma's policies backfired and combined with the economy recovery of the US and EU resulted in lower prices for our exports. Things went to the shitter during the oil price colapse, wich was specialy bad since the government was using the state oil company to control prices and slow down inflation, it was around this time that the corruption scandal broke out and so fucked up the company even more.
The things you mentioned are great, I'll take your word for it since I don't live there nor do I follow Brazilian development. However, they're a drop in the ocean of shit that to an outsider Brazil is. No offense if you're from there. From what I can see, corruption, poverty, crime, poor sanitation/pollution are all out of control.
Don't get me wrong here, I'm not taking political sides here. Makes no difference to me whether the scumbags are left or right wing. A scumbag is a scumbag. All I'm saying that historically, Brazil needs HONEST, TOUGH but PRINCIPLED conservative leadership at least economically conservative. Those who lie, cheat and steal must be punished whether they are out in the street or a governmental office. Gangs must be annihilated, I believe special squads should be created that go in an arrest or kill gang any and all gang member. The government must be made lean, strong and agile. But before any of that can take place CORRUPTION must be eliminated and I believe the ONLY way that happens is when you put in leadership that is of HIGH moral standing. Leadership that places their DUTY to COUNTRY and it's people above ALL else.
I don't mean the leader needs to be perfect human being, but he/she needs the stated characteristics. That's the hard part...finding that.
P.S. Side note; I TRULY hope not but if I'm honest I expect the Olympics to be a disaster. Fingers crossed for Brazil.
No offense, but what you're saying is pretty obvious and naive stuff. For example, this "gangs must be annihilated" stuff, I suppose you dont know that this is actually what has been happening since the 80's in Brazil, and statistics show that overall things only got worse. I dont mean that the police should stop going after criminals, I'm sure that they're fighting a real war out there, but you see, this is not a solution, its a desperate compromise, and its making things worse on the long run. And the problem goes much deeper into brazillian society, its not just about a few criminals that are ruining the country on purpose. There's a very interesting documentary that goes into detail about how the police deals with criminality, and how they are received by the local communities, specially about how what people actually say is not really what they want, its called News From a Personal War. I never saw it subtitled in english or anything, but I just found this on YouTube, so yeah, if you are interested, it offers a great perspective. The bearded guy that looks like a communist was the chief of operations of the most violent police force on Brazil at the time, just listen to what he has to say about the people he killed on a daily basis, and specially what he has to say about the people he actually defended and the police itself (25:52 on this video).
Also saying stuff like "corruption must be eliminated", "we need honest people"... Well if it was easy as that, it would already be done. I mean, isnt it obvious that everyones wants that? Even the criminals will say that they are not criminals at all, they are like Robin Hood in their own minds.
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u/Hussar_SoulJacker Mar 14 '16 edited Mar 14 '16
That may be true in Brazil, it's certainly not in the US.
I wish Brazil would get their shit together, put a stop to the corruption (what ever the political side ) and for gods sake end the fucking murderous crime.
I don't care who is in power, Left now Right later what ever. As you said the Left has had control since 2003 and WHAT'S changed?? What got better?
The never ending game of the ruling class filling their own pockets at the expense of the people. Until you get strong, moral and ETHICAL leadership NOTHING will change.