‘A coin flip’: on the campaign trail as Brazil’s far right edges back to power
www.theguardian.com
Neck-and-neck with Lula in polls, Flávio Bolsonaro fires up his base in the bellwether state of Minas Gerais – starting at the scene of his father’s stabbing
  • ttayh@lemmy.zipEnglish
    71·
    1 day ago

    Cause

    • Lula’s term was a lukewarm nothing burguer

    • which shot itself on the foot year one by limiting how much the govmt can invest

    • Lula is campaigning as if it was 2022

    • both sides are campaigning on “least bad”

    • Out of 26 yrs in this millenium, Brasil had a Workers Party govnmt in 18. People want something different

    • Lula / PT work really hard to de-politise politics, and to be the only viable option on the left (by punching left)

    • Lula’s broad front is filled with ppl (senators, congressppl, etc) that are indistinguishable from Bolsonaro’s camp

    • ☂️-@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      9 hours ago

      don’t forget he just killed the huge working hours reduction bill people were pushing for. it would’ve pretty much guaranteed his reelection.

      • ttayh@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        21 hours ago

        And all the stuff happening wrt the supreme court. We could go on and on

        • ☂️-@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          19 hours ago

          tbf the far right were the ones to somehow associate the supreme court with “the left”