Patrice Riemens on Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:58:05 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: <nettime> Brazil: staring into the abyss |
On 2018-11-13 16:42, Rafael Evangelista wrote:
just to say that the absentee rate is not too far from the historical trend for federal elections, but I agree with the rest of the description 100%. On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 9:47 AM Felix Stalder <felix@openflows.com> wrote:I just spent ten days in the city and region of Sao Paulo, talking mainly to artists, academics, activist associated with right-to-the-city and indigenous movements. This is the limited impression I got from this. Please correct, add, deepen it with more substantial information and knowledge.
A good source of info (immo) is Glenn Greenwald's The Intercept: https://theintercept.com/greenwald/There was also an interesting article/analysis in this month's Le Monde Diplomatique (Bolsanaro was then on the verge of being elected)
A quote from a middle class lady illustrated perfectly the angst of the bourgoisie to be overrun by the great unwashed empowered by years of PT government. (from memory):
"you know, taking a plane (on a domestic flight) used to be a clubby experience. But today 'these people' can afford the airfare and so we're now forced to queue together with the riff raf".
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