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[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 10 points 10 months ago

So did Brazil, and they actually threw theirs in prison.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

No, Bolsonaro was not a dictator; if he had been, we wouldn't have been able to remove him. He had far less power than he thought; that's why voting worked.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago

I would argue the same is true of Trump. It certainly was in his first term. This term has all the aesthetics of authoritarianism, but he is failing to consolidate power, which is kind of pathetic considering how much power in the US was ready to surrender on day one.

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