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    I agree with many things but as the original comment pointed out, Russia anexing Ukraine is not based. I'm from the global south too, my country is part of the BRICS so when I point out these things is not because I need to reiterate that Russia is bad all the time nor that Putin is crazy (he is not) or because of Russophobia. Its because I feel like people are praising things they shouldnt

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  • Wtf based Trump
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    Thanks someome needed to say that. Last time I said people here are a little too much into Putin (he is an anticommunist afterall) I got downvoted to oblivion for some reason

    Not supporting NATO or the Ukranazis, but still, things like this makes me think people are forgeting what the critical in critical support mean.

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  • Favorite Quotes by Socialist Figures?
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    There is one quote that is really good. Its from a Brazilian Marxist João Carvalho during a live podcast right after the election of Bolsonaro, and he is explaining why the he believes the only path forward is a revolutionary one and not reformist.

    He goes fucking nuclear and his whole speech goes hard as fuck but specialy these parts:

    Capitalism has failed, fails and will fail in every society where it put its tentacles, that are based on the expropiation and the exploitation of men by men

    And also:

    The worst real socialism is better than the best capitalism.

    I might subtitle this video in english one day so you guys can see it, it's amazing

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    Probably it was inspired by the Occupy Wall Street and Edward Snowdens Global surveillance disclosures since the song is from 2014. Idk if the band is even leftist but still, song goes hard

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    Do you guy have any good materials about Estonia after the fall os the USSR? How is their economy doing, how is the wealth distribution, the populations access to basic needs etc this kind of i formation

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    ''Christian persecution''
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    Honestly where do these maps come from?

    Sometimes I feel like I shpuld start creating some stupid maps and spread them around and everyone will believe it

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  • https://twitter.com/RMSLucasRubio/status/1630628503832936451?t=xYCgwSpqn20dDVQVaMYeMg&s=19

    Lucas Rubio studies the DPRK and in recent years he has been spreading knowledge about it, he even went on big podcasts to talk about the country and he is bothering a lot of different people, liberals, conservatives, ancaps, pretty much all of them are constantly coping really hard anytime he gets a lil bit of views Ngl I really want the communist movement here to grow a lot and grow fast so we can have more pro-capitalist tears, it's extremelly entertaining

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    'Russia is fascist, according to me!'
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    one of the last deprogram with Hakim,Yugopnik and JT they invited a Russian Marxist to talk about this.

    It was very interesting

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  • It's very common to see on the internet people listing supposed deaths that happened in socialist countries, and normally because of "political assassinations" and "starvations". I know there are some lists about United States atrocities but do we have lists about captalism in general (and unlike theirs lists, with actual sources?)

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    You're going to like this. So recently Ukraine asked for countries in latin america to end it's neutral stance on the war, according to these news: ![](https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/2dcf0df7-650f-424e-bfa8-92b84a495260.jpeg) Here are some of the comments: ![](https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/3c897877-501c-4b3a-93d8-00ff0aa3115f.jpeg) "Ukraine chose NATO, now deal with the consequences" ![](https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/4ef2d983-a5b6-47da-ba3f-48a16d7911e5.jpeg) "Translating: USA Neonazi puppet wants latinoamericans to help lmao" "Latin america is historically (and constantly) harmed by imperialist countries from NATO, even without war. A multipolar world isn't interesting for latin america. Much less this war." ![](https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/b0ab05d6-4e3a-4216-9018-9ceb72e7c385.jpeg) "Tell Ukrainians our war is against Flamengo" (Flamengo is one of the biggets football teams in Brazil) "Not our problem. Best regards" "Solve your own shit" ![](https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/d7aeafae-64a5-4503-ab6c-7383159ad01c.jpeg) "Tell Ukraine Lully will use resources to raise students and scientists payments and wont send anything to the war." (Lully is a nickname for Lula) Btw I did not see one single comment defending joining this war

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    Hello! I haven't post anything here in a while now. How are you doing? Is anything interesting going on where you live? Here in Brazil we had a signoficamt growth of marxists on the internet, and they are starting to bother some of the right wing influencers. I feel like we have something very special going on, despite the fact we still have a lot of work to do

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    Despite the attempt at a coup earlier today, Lula still won against Bolsonaro with 50,90% of the votes. Still, we elected one of the most conservative congress of all time, so things are far from good. We have more time to organize against this huge fascist movement, but it wont go away with elections. Also, Bolsonaro could still try to pull up a coup and not accept the results but it may not be that easy.

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    There is an ongoing attempt by Jair Bolsonaro to stop Brazilians from voting. The federal police is (illegally) stopping voters on their way to the voting places in regions where Lula won in the first round. Northeast region is the region that got Lula most votes and is also the one with the greater number of police intervention happening right now. Apparently this coup was planned by Bolsonaro and their team on November 19th. I'll update as soon as we have more info Edit: sorry that the article is in portuguese. There aren't any in english yet bc it's all happening right now and we don't have much info. Feel free to use google translator though Edit2: Despite the fascist shitshow, Lula just won the voting. But we all know Bolsonaro and his minion wont be defeated only in elections. We still have a lot of fighting to do. This is an important victory that might buy us time, but we must not have any illusions on what it means.

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    In my last post I presented to you the newest party in Brasil (UP). Today I bring you the oldest party of the country: PCB, the brazilian communist party! Created in 1922, the party went through rough times amd spent most of it's history banned. But they still kept their activities. After the fall of the Soviet Union and the global crisis of ML movements worldwide,PCB was almost extinguished and suffered a severe blow. Only recently they started recovering and they are growing again in a process they name revolutionary reconstruction. Just like UP, PCB is also using the elections as a way to grow and stop fascism. All of PCB campaing was made only with the members own money amd donations, which was ridiculous small. Communist candidates were all excluded from public debates and actively suppressed in bourgeois news. Still, what matters is that PCB has made itself present and more and more people are slowly radicalizing. Fascism won't simply vanish if Bolsonaro loses to Lula tomorrow. It won't go away with a simple vote. The only thing capable of crushing it is socialism, is the working class organized. PCB and UP knows this, and that was their objective the whole election: to reorganize the working class

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    This is a sticker from Unidade Popular - (UP!) a recently created (2019) brazilian marxist-leninist party. It has it's origins in movements that fight for better life conditions for those living in the perifery of our country, such as the MLB (Movimento de luta nos bairros, vilas e favelas). ![](https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/f85618cf-9c2d-48eb-8799-f39298d5f8bb.webp) UP defends that only through socialism we will be able to end racism, hunger and poverty in Brasil. The name of the party is inspired by Allende's Unidade Popular, but this is not their only inspiration, they also uphold the Black Panther Party as an example to be followed. The party is small and very young, so they have a lot of potential to grow. In the elections that will happen this sunday, they have one candidate running for president - one of the founders and current president of the party Leonardo Péricles. Although he has no real chance to win,specially after being censored by the bourgeois media, the idea is to use the election as a means to present the party and its popular project to the population and advance in reorganizing the working class. ![](https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/d16aec3e-c88c-49e8-8810-fd47065c6b2b.jpeg) Decided to bring this to you guys because I wont be able to finish all my gigaposts before the elections, so I'll post some stuff before the elections this sunday just for you guys to know the MLs of Brasil and what we are up to

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    Not much is known but there are already pictures of the terrorist and he has a black sun tattoo. Aparently he is also a Brazilian, which may be surprising for some but it shouldnt be. Just a few days ago Bolsonaro attacked the president of Chile during an electoral debate and he and his followers constantly refer to Cuba, Venezuela and Argentina as "communist countries" with their population "living in hunger". They legitimize this kind of violence everyday. Fortunately, fascists are dumb as fuck and his gun failed.

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    This is the second post about Brazilian elections. The [first]( https://lemmygrad.ml/post/247441) one is a summary of the recent history of the country that led to the rise of fascism, from the end of the military rule in 1988 to the impeachment of president Dilma in 2016 and it focuses on Brazil’s internal politics. Today post is about American imperialism from 1988 to more or less 2007. The next posts will deal with imperialism from 2007 to now, Brazilian politics from 2016 to now, 2022 elections and at last, what are the communists planning. #90’s and the Washington Consensus In 1989, the Washington Consensus was formulated. Initially, it was a series of measures recommended by financial institutions such as the IMF, the World Bank and the US Treasury Department, to promote the economic development of developing countries. Obviously, this program follows the interests of the US bourgeoisie and can be seen as a guide to explain the various imperialist interventions that would take place in the coming years. Among the top 10 recommendations, the ones that interest us are privatization of state-owned enterprises, market-determined interest rates, elimination of trade protections for imports, "fiscal discipline" and deregulation - that is, neoliberalism. I highlight these points because they are, until today, basis of the Brazilian right policy-making. The 1980s in Latin America were characterized by economic stagnation. This, together with the fall of the USSR and the crisis of communist movements in the world, leaves Latin America at the mercy of neoliberalism. The main form of US domination over the region will be economic domination through debt and privatization. Brazil was going through a process of “redemocratization” after the end of the military rule that failed spectacularly in 88. Inflation was extremely high and economy was in shambles. Throughout the 1990s, all new “democratic” governments (Collor from 1990 to 1992 and Itamar Franco from 92 to 95) had the Washington consensus agenda as a priority. But no government followed them like that of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, or FHC, during his two terms from 1996 to 2001. Several state-owned companies were privatized, from the communications sector (Telebrás) to Railways. However, the most emblematic case is the privatization of the largest mining company in Brazil: [Vale do Rio Doce]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_S.A.). Created in 1942 during the Getúlio Vargas government, it operates mainly (but not only) in the state of Minas Gerais with the extraction of iron, which is exported to central countries of the capitalist system. It was and is the largest company of its kind in Brazil and supporters of its sale argued that the company was causing damage to the state and was inefficient. However, it was sold while profiting, with an extremely low price (R$ 3.3 billion at the time) and without considering the vast reserves of iron it had. Many consider this to be a crime against the country (it’s called “lesa-pátria”). Not surprisingly, the assessment of how much the company would be worth was made by two foreign banks invited by FHC, which is further evidence of the action of imperialism in Brazilian national policies. The main excuse invented at the time was that privatization would help pay off the state's external debt, but the external debt only grew during the period. But not just debt: misery, unemployment and the cost of living also grew. The government, however, is generally remembered for stabilizing inflation through the [Plano Real]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plano_Real). #Pink Tide Not every country in Latin America has bowed to the US. In 1999, Hugo Chávez was elected president of Venezuela and nationalized several key companies in the economy, and contrary to what is said by the mainstream media, this is not the cause of the Venezuelan crisis - on the contrary - during the 2010s the economy had good results. Chavez's importance goes beyond his anti-imperialist stance. After the fall of the USSR, he was the first to openly talk about revolution in Latin America, and his rise to power marks an important period in the region: The Pink Tide. In Brazil, this phenomenon arrived through the election of Lula in 2002. The Lula who was elected was very different from the Lula who was a candidate in 1989. He used to talk about class struggle, but now he had a more reformist perspective. Nonetheless, his government was the most progressive in the history of Brazil. Lula's government can be described as "social-liberal", as it abandoned the idea of class struggle in favor of class conciliation. To this day, Lula is proud that in his government, “businessmen never profited so much and the population never lived so well”. It was common for the government to forgive bourgeois debts and at the same time work to strengthen companies such as Petrobras and provide social assistance. However, as you well know, the interests of the bourgeoisie and the working class are irreconcilable and this policy of conciliation is the first link in a chain of events that would lead to the defeat of the PT. However, Lula's foreign policy was badass. Several cooperation projects between Brazil and Cuba were created, the most famous being the "Mais médicos". He took a stand against US intervention in Libya. In addition, he sought to strengthen economic blocs in which the country participated, such as Mercosur and the BRICS and defended multipolarity. It is easy to see that no matter how moderate Lula was nationally, he was still a problem for the USA. #FBI in Brazil In 2004, Carlos Alberto Costa exposed himself as the head of the FBI in Brazil and denounced a series of the organization's activities in the country. The FBI co-opted the Brazilian federal police so that they became dependent on US funding. One of the main activities carried out in Brazil was media manipulation and co-optation of ABIN (the Brazilian Intelligence Agency) which did not act to protect the country against, well, the FBI, but acted against members of the [MST](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landless_Workers%27_Movement) (Landless Workers Movement – A movement of Marxist origin). [Source](https://memoria.ebc.com.br/agenciabrasil/noticia/2004-04-14/depoimento-de-ex-chief-do-fbi-no-brasil-ao-senado-sera-no-dia-28) In addition to subordinating the Brazilian police to foreign interests, they also had wiretaps on the president of the republic and facilitated DEA - Drug Enforcement Administration - operations in Brazil. The FBI had extensive access to Brazilian bank records and personal data. In addition, they also had wide access to federal police headquarters and Brazilian intelligence agencies. In other words, literally every kind of local intelligence department had been co-opted by imperialism. [Source](https://www.conjur.com.br/2004-abr-13/ministra_explicar_acusacoes_ex-cabe_fbi) Just as a side note, data on this event was very difficult to find, and I was hoping that something this serious would have had wide coverage in media, but apparently it didn't. I wonder why. \s # MINUSTAH and the army Lula's foreign policy, despite being much better than several other governments, made a mistake that would prove fatal. As well as the class conciliation project, this would be another link in the chain that would lead to the defeat of the PT and the rise of fascism in Brazil. In 2004, the president-elect in Haiti was deposed in a coup d'état. There has been US and French involvement in Haiti for many decades now and - unsurprisingly - they were also involved in the situation. The UN created a mission (MINUSTAH - United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti) to "stabilize" the situation in Haiti and Brazil agreed to lead the process militarily, while the US led the intervention politically. The situation in Haiti was bad for a [while](http://revistaopera.com.br/2021/07/19/haiti-o-brasil-aceitou-fazer-parte-do-projeto-de-controle-internacional-de-um-pais-militarizado). The country was the first republic founded by former slaves, born from a continuous and victorious struggle against the enslavers. And this is [unacceptable](https://revistaopera.com.br/2017/10/08/tropas-brasileiras-deixam-o-haiti-balancos-atuais-e-historicos/) for the west. The founding myth of the Haitian nation is anti-colonial in essence, so the only way to bend them to foreign powers is through force. It would be nice for someone to make a gigapost about Haiti. This country and the continuous intervention it suffers today is vital for us to understand how American imperialism works, since it is (along with French imperialism) what that keeps this nation on its knees. Brazil accepted to be part of the imperialist intervention in Haiti. Ironically, in the same way that an internationalist stance that supports the liberation of peoples can contribute to its own liberation, the Brazilian stance of support for imperialism brought it into the country and with it a brutal attack on the Brazilian people. The mission in Haiti was for the Brazilian army a “rehearsal” of what was to come in Brazil. The first leader of this operation was General Augusto Heleno. He was already in the army since the dictatorship (as a captain) and was against the redemocratization of the country. With the end of the regime he did not suffer any kind of punishment - on the contrary - he would become general and leader of MINUSTAH. In the mission, he and part of the Brazilian army spent years in contact with the US and French military. Currently, this wing of the Brazilian army is sometimes called the "Haitian wing" (“Ala Haitiana”). In 2005 Augusto Heleno led a [massacre](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-violence-insight-idUSKCN1NY0GM) against the Haitian population. Leaks on Wikileaks show that more than 22,000 shots were fired and more than 70 people were killed, including children and women. This operation was supposedly to fight a criminal in the region. The massacres that escalated in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the late 2000s and later in favelas across all of Brazil have a grotesque resemblance to the episode. Currently, General Augusto Heleno, who left the mission in 2005, is part of Bolsonaro's fascist government, as are many other soldiers in the Haitian wing of the army. Most Haitians have been asking for the mission to end since 2010, but it only ended in 2016. This was an military occupation. It is the “purest” form of colonialism and imperialism. And everything the army learned in this adventure with the US was imported into the country. Massacres in favelas, of indigenous people and bourgeois oppression had never stopped after the end of the dictatorship, but with this new experience of the army, these events took on new forms and became increasingly brutal. In the last few weeks, the army has made a series of declarations on how they are the “protectors of democracy” and even announced they will create their own elections verification team. One of the leading groups of the army setting up this coup is – you guessed it – the Haitian wing. Another side note: While Brazil was massacring Haitians, Venezuela and Cuba helped Haiti by sending doctors and building infrastructure. Picture: Brazilian army during the Haiti occupation

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    First of all, I'm sorry that I'm taking so long to write the second part of the [Gigapost](https://lemmygrad.ml/post/247441) about Brazil. Good news is: I just finished it , all I have to do now is translate it to english, so I might post it here tomorrow or even today. The second (and third) part is all about Imperialism, which is probably what interest non-brazilians the most. If you are from the imperial core, you must understand it to oppose it domestically. If you are from the third world, you must understand it because they have striking similarities and it should be easier for you to recognize it. Although I mainly focus about US imperialism in Brazil in the 2000' there is a big and very important part about brazilian imperialism in other latin american countries. I know it may sound weird, specially since Brazil is not part of the imperial core but yes, brazilian imperialism does exist and has existed a while, even though compared to US or France it's weak. The example I use in the text is of MINUSTAH, that UN occupation of Haiti led by US, France and ... Brazil Anyway, because it is not in the imperial core it may seen absurd to suggest that a third world country is imperialist, but it is not. Brazil has it's own national bourgeoisie and financial oligarchy, that wants to export capital to other countries. This is the basis for imperialism. But Brazil is dependent on the US and suffers with it's imperialism too, but the national bourgeoisie associates themselves with the international bourgeoisie (American/French/etc) in the exploitation of the workers of their own countries and in the exploitation of workers other countries. This way, brazilian imperialism acts as a "vector" to american imperialism in Latin america. ----------- Pic related, Fascist fucker Augusto Heleno confronting a supporter of the ex-president Aristide [Source](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-violence-insight-idUSKCN1NY0GM)

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    Pic related: translation of a brazilian meme-page. As we have seen, libs have lost their minds both at the Ukraine and Taiwan situation and they are hating whoe the state dpt. tells them to. Things like this will keep happening, obviously, and we will likely engage in discussions on the internet (and most importantly, in real life) about this. I saw an post about someone asking how coukd we talk to people during protests ina succint way and, although we will not convert them overnight, I think I have an awnser for that post. I coundnt find it though and I have a question for you first world comrades, specially americans. Do you think presenting the fact that in all of the modern day conflicts (like Taiwan, Palestine, Ukraine, etc) USA is involved could have any effect? If China really is that bad why aren't they helping Russia sending weapons to them or something? Why arent Russia and China meddling in the Israel/Palestine situation? Why is the US involved in every single one of these situations when they have so much problem to deal with internally? I know some people would (again) call us Tankies and say "anti-americanism is not an ideology" but this can be easily dismissed by stating that US does this because loosing it's hegemony also means loosing their tight grip on the american people themselfs. The idea here is to link the american worker struggle to the anti-imperialist struggle. Is point out that the same government aiding neo-nazis in Ukraine is aiding neo-nazis in america, the same woman creating a fuss over Taiwan is a corrupt who is taking away from them even the most remote change they need and want. The same government killing us in the third world through their army is the one killing them through the cops, all while claiming they are here "to protect and serve". So opposing american imperialism is not just helping people out there in the world but also people here in the US. Do you guys think talking like this could ease the conversation and maybe break through people in a quick way? Obviously its not "deprograming" them but it's kinda giving them the chance to do so. What do you think?

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    Whenever I watch videos of popular channels on youtube about political topics I look at the comment section and - unsurprisingly - it's shit. It normally looks like the child between a Twitter 🇺🇦-user frontpage and a 4-chan thread. But today, a popular Brazilian channel that focuses normaly on natural sciences but has also a "history" series, posted a video about the economic war because of 5G between USA and China. I didn't watch the video but the top comments were almost all of them defending China and calling out USA's hypocrisy.I wasn't ready for so much basedness in a place that normally is full of libs and reactionaries. I know it's a small thing, but this gives me a hope things will get better. And it also feels like radical left is rising in Brazil. I hope so. Maybe in a few years we will be strong enough to change this country for good

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    Yesterday a Bolsonaro suporter invaded the birthday party of a member of the Workers Party (PT) in Brazil and killed him. Brazil has a strict firearm control, but you are allowed to have a gun. You must be registered to get a permission and even then, it is forbiden to carry your gun outside of your house. Bolsonaro has said he wanted to allow citizens to carry guns all the time. His supporter (Jorge) that killed the PT member works as prison guard and therefore, unlike citizens that are not cops, he can carry guns all the time. This guy was driving somewhere when he passed near the party. Marcelo - the member of the workers party - was outside and the man pointed a gun at the people screaming fascist slogans associiated with Bolsonaro and said he would come back to kill everyone there. (At the moment he had his wife and kid in the car) No one believed he would come back, but Marcelo, who worked as a municipal guard, decided to keep his gun just in case. When Jorge returned, Marcelo told him to freeze but Jorge shot him in his knee and he felt. When the fascist approched to execute him, he was able to shoot back 5 times before the second bullet killed him. It's unclear if the fascist survived, hopefully he didn't. When I have more info I will edit it here. If Marcelo didnt shot back at the guy I wouldn't be reporting a murder but a massacre. USA style. This is not the first time someone was killed by fascists in Brasil and I doubt it will be the last one. Bolsonaro has shown many signs that he won't accept defeat in the elections and that he is ready for a coup. Most people that still supports this guys are completely lost in their ideology and are willing to do anything to "preserve their way of life". In 2018 fascism was growing in Brasil, but today, even though Bolsonaro lost support, fascists are more radicalized than before and willing to do even more derranged shit, like the one reported above. Things will probably get worse as the election comes closer and the Brazilian left will need to create strategies to defend themselves and avoid a coup. ------------------------------------------------ If you don't know anything about Brasil I made a [Gigapost](https://lemmygrad.ml/post/247441) about it a while ago and I'm writing part 2. I want to finish it as soon as possible but I have a lot of things to do right now and it will have to wait, since it's about imperialism and therefore it might interest you guys more than the first part so I wanna do it right. Further reading: 1 - [Fascist terror in Brazil](https://www.brasilwire.com/incitement-to-murder-bolsonarista-terror-threatens-election/) 2 - [Army threats](https://www.brasilwire.com/brazilian-army-resumes-election-threats/) 3 - [Military plan for Brazil up to 2035](https://www.brasilwire.com/military-plans-control-of-brazils-manifest-political-destiny-until-2035/) Sources: 1 - [Telesur english](https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Bolsonaro-Supporter-Murders-Leader-of-Workers-Party-20220710-0008.html) 2 - [G1 a.k.a Globo](https://g1.globo.com/pr/parana/noticia/2022/07/10/em-audio-testemunha-descreve-a-morte-do-tesoureiro-do-pt-morto-a-tiros-na-propria-festa-de-aniversario.ghtml) (shit source, and it's in portuguese but here it is anyway)

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    This may look like a weird question btw. I see constantly people here worried about digital security, I see people using Tor, deleting social networks, and just sharing the different levels of security that they use. So I was wondering, how safe is Lemmy? Sure it doesnt collect info like Twitter and Meta does, but that doesnt mean its 100% safe. So what are the main problems we can have here? Is there anything the 3 letter agencies could exploit? Is there any preventive measures users could take?

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    I have this friend that moved from Brazil to the US. She never cared about politics and now she has joined the fucking US army. I mean she really disliked anything remotely political and now this happens, wtf? I cant wrap my mind around it. How did this happen? Like, how does the US make people wanna join their stupid ass murder machine?

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    Genivaldo was a black, poor schizophrenic man. He and his nephew were stopped by the Brazilian Federal Highway policeman, who held Genivaldo in the trunk of the police car after releasing tear gas inside. These fuckers made a literal gas chamber and suffocated a schizophrenic man to death. WITH HIS NEPHEW WATCHING! The nephew even told the nazis about his uncle and tried to explain the situation. [source](https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Brazilian-Police-Suffocate-a-Person-With-Schizophrenia-to-Death-20220526-0014.html) Even worse, just TWO days ago in Rio police killed 11 more people in a slum. Bro every fucking month they kill 10-20 black poor men in slums because of the "war on drugs". This is a fucking genocide and honestly I have no idea WHY we havent burned every single police station to the ground yet. Its the bare minimum. EDIT: I made a [post](https://lemmygrad.ml/post/247441) explaining how things got to this point a while ago and I'm doing part 2 but havent finished it yet, I'll link it here just in case anyone wants to understand wtf is going on in this hellhole

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