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Aruntraveller

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New President in Brazil
« on: October 28, 2018, 11:39:01 PM »
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Re: New President in Brazil
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2018, 05:08:32 AM »
To be honest, I don't know anything about the geezer, and neither do I particularly care who a country on the otherside of the world elects as its president, but in the article "far-fight" is freely thrown about as it often is putting him in the same bracket as fascists and neo-nazis. Is he really? Maybe someone better informed than me could answer that.
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Re: New President in Brazil
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2018, 07:10:15 AM »
Brazil's rainforest might belong to Brazil, but it provides planetary scale services to Earth climate and ecosystems so it should concern all of us if Brazil elects a leader planning to accelerate the granting of mining permits in the rainforest and pull out of the Paris accord.
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Re: New President in Brazil
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2018, 08:52:23 AM »
Quote from: ad_orientem on October 29, 2018, 05:08:32 AM
To be honest, I don't know anything about the geezer, and neither do I particularly care who a country on the otherside of the world elects as its president, but in the article "far-fight" is freely thrown about as it often is putting him in the same bracket as fascists and neo-nazis. Is he really? Maybe someone better informed than me could answer that.

In his own words:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/world/americas/brazil-president-jair-bolsonaro-quotes.html

Sounds like a fascist to me.

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Re: New President in Brazil
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2018, 09:22:13 AM »
No doubt Trump will get on well with him.
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Re: New President in Brazil
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2018, 10:04:44 AM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on October 29, 2018, 08:52:23 AM
In his own words:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/world/americas/brazil-president-jair-bolsonaro-quotes.html

Sounds like a fascist to me.

As I said, I know nothing about the geezer, so maybe he is but I do think the term is used far to freely or rather inaccurately. Anyway, I'll leave it there so as not to derail this thread any further.
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Re: New President in Brazil
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2018, 11:06:24 AM »
Extremist, could potentially turn Brazil into a right wing version of the hard-left Venezuela, where inflation is running at 12,874%.
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Re: New President in Brazil
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2018, 11:26:38 AM »
Quote from: jakswan on October 30, 2018, 11:06:24 AM
Extremist, could potentially turn Brazil into a right wing version of the hard-left Venezuela, where inflation is running at 12,874%.
mmm... In general right wing extremism is looked on more kindly by the finance industry. I think the immediate worry is for ethnic minotities, the LGBT community, and women.
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Re: New President in Brazil
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2018, 11:27:30 AM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on October 30, 2018, 11:26:38 AM
mmm... In general right wing extremism is looked on more kindly by the finance industry. I think the immediate worry is for ethnic minotities, the LGBT community, and women.

And the environment.
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Re: New President in Brazil
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2018, 11:31:04 AM »
Quote from: Trentvoyager on October 30, 2018, 11:27:30 AM
And the environment.
Yep, indeed. And Brazil has a lot of environment to damage.
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