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Yavin4

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21. Tremendous economic, social, political, technological changes in the past 20 years.

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 12:03 AM

Oct 2018

Economies world wide have been disrupted by globalization and technological change. Makes populations fearful and nostalgic for the "good old days". Right wing populists appeal to that fear.

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Jair Bolsonaro, Far-Right Populist, Elected President of Brazil [View all] octoberlib Oct 2018 OP

This is really, really bad Tiggeroshii Oct 2018 #1

Really bad. He's a homophobe and attacks and killings of gays and women have skyrocketed. octoberlib Oct 2018 #4

Why is the world tilting right? dhol82 Oct 2018 #2

Brazil has had a lot of corruption scandals among the Left Workers party and he did Trump's octoberlib Oct 2018 #7

That doesn't explain why the world seems to be tilting right dhol82 Oct 2018 #18

Tremendous economic, social, political, technological changes in the past 20 years. Yavin4 Oct 2018 #21

It wasn't even close oberliner Oct 2018 #3

The last numbers I saw were 55% - 46 but those were exit polls. octoberlib Oct 2018 #5

That adds up to 101 percent oberliner Oct 2018 #6

Sorry. These are the last numbers I saw octoberlib Oct 2018 #9

Yes, looks like an 11 point win oberliner Oct 2018 #11

El Trumpo SCantiGOP Oct 2018 #8

I sometimes wonder if the wealthy interests of the world have done the math on ecocatastrophe anarch Oct 2018 #13

Wonder how Greenwald feels... SidDithers Oct 2018 #10

What *is* he saying on twitter anyway? (he has me blocked) Blue_Tires Oct 2018 #19

Well, we got our answer: Blue_Tires Oct 2018 #24

He's such a knob... SidDithers Oct 2018 #25

Some readings do compare this Bolsonaro to Duterte of the Philippines... asiliveandbreathe Oct 2018 #12

Bannon was one of his advisers octoberlib Oct 2018 #14

Ah yes, Eduardo...the son of a very mean person..with an asshole... asiliveandbreathe Oct 2018 #15

The orange clown and Bolsonaro Union Label Oct 2018 #16

Horrendous. GoCubsGo Oct 2018 #17

Ugh. moondust Oct 2018 #20

This is not good. roamer65 Oct 2018 #22

+1 dalton99a Oct 2018 #23

trump loves him.... spanone Oct 2018 #26