• cygnus@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    It also helps that unlike the R and the C in BRICS, they aren’t imperialists threatening and/or invading their neighbours. Brazil is a good world citizen.

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      3 hours ago

      Brazil is a good world citizen.

      Uhhh, did you forget that Brazil was being run by a fascist war criminal just a short while ago?

      • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        And now it isn’t, that’s democracy, baby

        I fully agree that Bolsonaro was a straight up demon, but I also agree with the idea that - currently - the administration of Brazil is probably about as good an example of a good world citizen as it gets

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          33 minutes ago

          And now it isn’t, that’s democracy,

          Abso-fucking-lutely not. Fascists would NEVER be able to gain power in a truly democratic society. No ifs, ands or butts.

          Fascists are funded into power (and into existence) by CAPITALISTS - adherents to an ideology that is violently incompatible with anything that can be called democratic with a straight face.

          Brazil is not a democratic society. It is a (so-called) “liberal democracy” - something that can be more accurately described as 95% capitalism with some fake democracy substitute thrown in as a legitimising measure.

          That is THE WHOLE POINT of liberalism.

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      13 hours ago

      As long as it keeps censoring its citizens, everthing fine! 🙄

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            8 hours ago

            The old system of using fact-checking agencies was biased, and the content they deemed false had its reach negatively impacted. They were literally the arbiters of truth, and their actions silenced their political opponents’ voices. The new system of Community Notes is superior because it requires approval from people with diverse political alignments to show a fact-check to everyone.

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              7 hours ago

              Because remember you need a Nazi and a tankie to agree with facts in order for it to be the real truth.

              Sometimes reality doesn’t align with political views. Doesn’t mean it’s not facts

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        10 hours ago

        I think you might be confused. They were talking about a country other than the US. 😂