Brazil’s Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, lost his election. His supporters did not accept the election results and stormed government buildings, Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Presidential Palace. Brazil is a powerful modern country. It’s a shame to see them acting like a Banana Republic.
Currently Bolsonaro is in Florida, which continues to be a sunny place for shady people.
Sigh.
It’s 2023 people. Just because you lose an election doesn’t mean your opponents stole it.
Elections in the US have been stolen. Al Gore beat George Bush. Lucky for George his brother was in the swing state of, dare I say it, Florida, and helped make sure the recount went a certain way. However, to save the nation from turmoil, Al Gore conceded. Once can debate the wisdom of that decision, but that was the action of someone more concerned about the nation rather than personal power.
So what does all this have to do with being prepared? Quite a bit really. It’s not a particularly good survival strategy to follow those who are more concerned with power than people. Bolsonaro’s followers have been arrested and will probably spend a long time in jail. That’s what’s what happened to Trump’s followers who stormed the US Capital. There will be more trials and more jail terms.
Be careful following kings with feet of clay.
-Sixbears
Confucius said that politics is what guides the masses, Lao Tzu said that politics was for children. They were contemporaries two opposing ideals. That was 4000 years ago. Have things changed?
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