What the hell is going on in Brazil?
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wrote on 14 Apr 2024, 14:02 last edited by
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wrote on 14 Apr 2024, 14:09 last edited by
Isn't that the country where a coup by right wing populists was just around the corner not long ago?
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Isn't that the country where a coup by right wing populists was just around the corner not long ago?
wrote on 14 Apr 2024, 14:19 last edited by@Horace said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
Isn't that the country where a coup by right wing populists was just around the corner not long ago?
The irony is not lost on @horace.
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@Horace said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
Isn't that the country where a coup by right wing populists was just around the corner not long ago?
The irony is not lost on @horace.
wrote on 14 Apr 2024, 14:24 last edited by@George-K said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
@Horace said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
Isn't that the country where a coup by right wing populists was just around the corner not long ago?
The irony is not lost on @horace.
I don't think it's irony. We're going to more extremes, too.
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wrote on 14 Apr 2024, 14:37 last edited by
Ends justifying the means seems to be replacing constitutional principles.
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wrote on 14 Apr 2024, 15:41 last edited by
@Mik said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
Ends justifying the means seems to be replacing constitutional principles.
I’m not really up to date on the Brazilian Constitution, but I like to think that Freedom of Speech is more of a universal right that is not granted by anyone.
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wrote on 14 Apr 2024, 15:55 last edited by jon-nyc
He cries wolf a lot. Call me when such a law is actually enacted.
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wrote on 14 Apr 2024, 15:58 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
Call me when such a law is actually enacted.
In Brazil or
Hey it's a nice platform you have, shame if anything happened to itin the United States? -
wrote on 14 Apr 2024, 15:59 last edited by
In Brazil.
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wrote on 15 Apr 2024, 14:13 last edited by
Am I the only one bothered that he is wearing AirPods while giving his speech? Take them out!! LOL
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wrote on 30 Aug 2024, 20:20 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
He cries wolf a lot. Call me when such a law is actually enacted.
Your Brazilian phone's ringing, Jon.
Remember the dictator that got ousted? Yeah...
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@jon-nyc said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
He cries wolf a lot. Call me when such a law is actually enacted.
Your Brazilian phone's ringing, Jon.
Remember the dictator that got ousted? Yeah...
wrote on 30 Aug 2024, 22:49 last edited by jon-nyc@George-K said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
@jon-nyc said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
He cries wolf a lot. Call me when such a law is actually enacted.
Your Brazilian phone's ringing, Jon.
Ok, clearly past time to start worrying about this clown.
But I have questions:
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Why did Musk quietly cave to similar demands from India and Turkey while fighting Brazil?
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What will Greenwald do? Use a VPN and risk the fine? Move to Threads? Move to Uruguay? STFU?
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@George-K said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
@jon-nyc said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
He cries wolf a lot. Call me when such a law is actually enacted.
Your Brazilian phone's ringing, Jon.
Ok, clearly past time to start worrying about this clown.
But I have questions:
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Why did Musk quietly cave to similar demands from India and Turkey while fighting Brazil?
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What will Greenwald do? Use a VPN and risk the fine? Move to Threads? Move to Uruguay? STFU?
wrote on 30 Aug 2024, 23:19 last edited by@jon-nyc said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
Why did Musk quietly cave to similar demands from India and Turkey while fighting Brazil?
I really haven't followed those stories. Did those governments insist on him banning opposition politicians?
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wrote on 30 Aug 2024, 23:55 last edited by
If he's so worried about tyranny, what about China? They don't even have opposition politicians.
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wrote on 31 Aug 2024, 00:00 last edited by
I love it when Matt Yglesias trolls him about that. I’m sure he sees it and it gives him a twinge inside.
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@jon-nyc said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
Why did Musk quietly cave to similar demands from India and Turkey while fighting Brazil?
I really haven't followed those stories. Did those governments insist on him banning opposition politicians?
wrote on 31 Aug 2024, 00:19 last edited by@George-K said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
I really haven't followed those stories. Did those governments insist on him banning opposition politicians?
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4019109-twitters-turkey-election-sparks-criticism/amp/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/08/india-twitter-online-censorship/
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If he's so worried about tyranny, what about China? They don't even have opposition politicians.
wrote on 31 Aug 2024, 00:34 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
what about China?
Musk is not alone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_mainland_China
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wrote on 31 Aug 2024, 01:33 last edited by jon-nyc
Right but he still kowtows to them since he chose to build his gigafactory there. Ygelesias often tries to get him to say faint damn about China when he complains about a western government for something trivial in comparison to what the CCP does.
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Right but he still kowtows to them since he chose to build his gigafactory there. Ygelesias often tries to get him to say faint damn about China when he complains about a western government for something trivial in comparison to what the CCP does.
wrote on 31 Aug 2024, 01:37 last edited by@jon-nyc said in What the hell is going on in Brazil?:
Right but he still kowtows to them since he chose to build his gigafactory there. Ygelesias often tries to get him to say faint damn about China when he complains about a western government for something trivial in comparison to what the CCP does.
That's the point. The phrase "Money talks, bullshit walks" springs to mind.
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wrote on 1 Sept 2024, 12:19 last edited by George K 9 Jan 2024, 12:20
https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team/post/3l325p7rz6d2q
Jay is the CEO of Bluesy (I had no idea this existed)
https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team
A blogger comments: "This is rather like Belgium congratulating Germany on choosing to invade Poland and not, well, Belgium."
