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Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P!
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« on: June 12, 2021, 01:08:54 AM »

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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2021, 11:03:34 PM »

The confusing privatization of Eletrobras also has the potential for worsening things up, leading to higher energy prices for the consumer. Even people who were defending the privatization of that company changed their discourse to a more negative opinion because congress included a bunch of unrelated stuff as conditions to the privatization (basically, multiple powerful interests wanting to assure they will have some share of control over the company). I’ve even seen Globo, biggest Brazilian media, which always was enthusiastic about the neoliberal reforms and privatizations, be somewhat critical of this particular one and how it happened in the terms it did.

If I'm remembering the right bill it included clauses on completely unrelated issues in comically corrupt ways. There was a subsidy for bus companies owned by Senators and also a ban on anyone competing with these companies. Absolute nonsense.

The only thing going for Bolsonaro right now is his ability to placate the Center and delay the election. A more interesting question is what happens when Bolsonaro is gone, considering he glues together both supporters and enemies. I have a hard time imagining ex-Bolsonaro voters just going back to voting PSDB.
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« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2021, 12:10:12 AM »

If anything, it’s the left who is energetically trashing Eduardo Leite after coming out lol. All the Brazilian left-wing celebs like Felipe Neto, Glenn Greenwald and Jean Wyllys (Ex PSOL congressman who was the first gay member of legislative) are united in having a negative take about this.

I don’t really fully agree tbh although I see the point, I think hyping Leite up for the presidency just because he’s gay is stupid, especially when I don’t agree with him politically. He doesn’t represent me just because he’s a gay. That said, he came out yesterday and I think it’s normal to people to receive the news of Brazil’s first OUT gay Governor with hype in the first day, congratulating him. Naturally, if this lingers for longer and people keep using the dumb identity politics narrative that we gays should support Leite

This is only because Leite is establishment center-right neoliberal politician that Globo media likes. If Leite was a left-wing politician they would all be celebrating this and making a big deal of how representation is important. But since he isn’t, the speech shifts to how empty representation is stupid, as Leite voted for Bolsonaro in 2018 despite being gay. Shouldn’t be a good thing that the right is becoming more diverse? That doesn’t mean we have to vote for them lol

I think the idea of PSDB becoming this modern socially liberal right-wing party (kinda like US democratic party) kinda scares the left-wing voters. They do have a point that representation is about what you do for your community and Leite voted for Bolsonaro. But we shouldn’t pretend he was the only gay voting “against” his interests in 2018. He doesn’t represent me but surely there are people who will feel represented by his coming out and they exist too, whether the left likes it or not.

But it’s also true there is only hype because he’s young and hot and has an even hotter boyfriend. If there were women who voted for Collor in 1989 just because of his looks (and he wasn’t even cute imo), then Leite definitely has some potential with women and also gay men demographics in this specific regard. If he was not a heteronormative “Padrão” type, people wouldn’t even be considering him for the presidency. The image privileges of being a cute white gay with power…

I hope he’s the PSDB nominee though! Being gay is enough for me to like someone more than Doria lol

Reminds me of that time Ciro Gomes called Fernando Holiday a bush captain.
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