#brazillian politics

[punishedcrow]

so... the bolsonarista terrorists are invading the national congress...

yankees manage to interfere with our politics even when you fail. surely hope some bozos die today.

[lostbrazilian]

Não sabia que ele tava com a roupa de coringa kkkkkkkk, é rir pra não chorar nesse país mesmo

But on a more serious note, this guy apparently had plans to kill Alexandre de Moraes (one of the Judges of the Supreme Court that right-wingers in particular really hate) ever since the last election, and hes made several posts on social media threatening politicians, saying he planted bombs on their houses

The dude armed himself with modified fireworks, exploded his own car, and after attacking the statue, placed one of the fireworks underneath his chin and offed himself

So yeah, all in all it's scary to see something like this as it's sort of unheard of in recent Brazillian history, but at the same time it IS fucking hilarious how absurd the whole thing is, in true brazillian fashion

Finding out a terrorist attempt happened in my country should scare me. But damn if it was not the funniest thing ever

So this happened in Brazil, okay.

So the dude was a candidate (not elected) for councilor of an extreme right-wing party, and he drove to STF (which is basically our Supreme Court) with a car full of bombs WHILE HE WAS DRESSED AS THE JOKER. And then he tries to throw the first bomb at the Statue of Justice in front of the STF AND THE BOMB BOUNCED BACK.

The stupid ass was the only casualty, even the statue is fine. Motherfucker died like a cartoon character and nobody else was hurt

And you wanna know what was happening on STF that got this dude like this? They were voting if the tax exemption for churches should end.

[ma-du]

ID: Bill Maher compares Trump and Bolsonaro during TV show in the US

[viscardiac]

I wish you all a very happy "hundreds of nazis getting arrested in brasil" day!

[percypaints]

For those who lived on to remember, and those who cannot.

Hong Kong Miku.

I was originally going to make something more... palatable? I guess? But my partner encouraged me to do one themed on the protest back in 2019. The dust has settled, and it looks like everything is painted over, but I still miss my home. So, see this as a sort of tribute to the people who fought for my home, and a tribute to all the freedom fighters in the world-- Palestine, Ukraine, Yemen, and all the others. I love you all.

[myewt]

haven't seen your stuff on my dashboard in a while so i came to say hi ^_^ hiiiiiiiii

HIIIII MELTY!!!! NICE TO SEE U AGAIN!!!!!! Thanks for worrying about me :> I'm okay! Just got stuck making a lot of comms and stopped posting bc of that :(

I was more active on twt but I kinda got banned here in Brazil (yes, the whole ass website was banned) so I guess I'll go back here and be more active after all lol

I've also made a side blog to post and rt silly stuff @haykye

[reigningm4x]

I got to say Kelly being pro Palestine was not on my bingo cards

Kelly is an enigma

[allonsygent]

OH MY GOD HOW I LOVE MY COUNTRY BRAZIL

one candidate just had thrown a fucking metal chair in the other candidate that's so fucking funny atp

[bluebeewings]

George Santos is giving big Elliott Goss vibes

[mildly-inconvenienced-bat]

Not an usa resident, but hear me out:

Research about Brazilian Elections in 2018.

The biggest reason Bolsonaro was elected was because of an assassination attempt, which caused the voters who weren't sure of who to choose to pick him out of chock value; the things said during his recovery, as well as misinformation about the identity of the aggressor led people to sympathize with him, and oppose the left wing party.

And also worth mentioning that Brazil has multiple parties, so it's not like there weren't other options.

okay guys but in all seriousness the trump attempted assassination is going to rally the right like crazy. voter turnout will be going up. it is more crucial than ever that you SHOW UP AND VOTE IN THIS YEARS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

[jaywritesrps]

[licorice-and-rum]

SOC and Neoliberlism

So, as promised, here it is my analysis of Six of Crows and how neoliberalism is amazingly portrayed in Ketterdam, and how the city is an example of what happens in a community that is not provided for.

Before we begin, I wanted to say that English is not my first language, and, considering I read SOC in Brazilian Portuguese, I might translate some names literally or differently from the English version but I think it's manageable to read and understand my point. If not, I'll edit the text.

The first thing we have to understand is how neoliberalism works and the theory behind it, and then we'll talk about how it's portrayed in Ketterdam.

So neoliberalism is a theory born more or less at the end of the 20th century (70s-80s), and it finds its roots in laissez-faire capitalism, meaning that it's a political current that tries to suppress and/or eliminate the State's influence from the market. The neoliberalist view understands that the market can supply by itself the population's needs without help or limitations imposed by the State.

The thing here is that most people listen to this and think neoliberalism is about electronics, cars, and other stuff. The truth is, that neoliberalism aims to suppress the presence of State-run facilities in ALL corners of society, such as health care, housing, water access, electricity, etcetera.

So, we can use the American and Brazillian health systems to understand it better, for example:

In the US, the ones providing health care for the population are great corporations - they decide the price of care, they work together with pharmaceutical companies to define medicine prices, and the laws that bind them are pretty much only offer and demand. There is almost none State intervention to provide the population with accessible health care.

However, this brings problems, of course: not everyone (actually, most people) has real access to health care simply because they can't afford it, or they can't afford it without taking a big financial hit, which threatens their other basic needs, such as food, housing, water, electricity, etcetera. Not everyone can provide for their medical needs, such as diabetic and disabled people.

That leads to:

(a) an increase in poverty;

(b) a decrease in educational levels - if you don't have the means to pay for higher educational levels because of health care debt, or if you're sick and need to go to class and tough through it but you're not really learning anything, and so on, which leads to a major workforce in base level production and a minor class who has access to this education;

(c) an increase in overworking people - meaning that we have a lot of people taking on several jobs to be able to pay for things like health care, which increases the competitiveness between people, making individualism levels go up and breaking up human beings' natural sense of community.

I could also talk here about how this breeds isolation and increases the potential for mental health problems but I think you got what I was saying.

On the other hand, we have the Brazilian health care system (SUS), which is a universal gratuitous medical care service through the whole country. Its purpose is not profit, it's providing health care for the community, so therefore, any SUS unit is bound by State law and run by the State. By law, every SUS unit must provide for anyone who enters its premises in need of medical care. Everyone, Brazillian and foreigners, poor or rich, must be treated if they need to. It's the law.

Of course, that doesn't mean it's all rainbows and flowers, there are definitely many problems in SUS. However, what I'm trying to showcase here is that, when the needs of a population are met, the population itself is more resilient, their life quality goes up and so does their participation in their community.

On the other hand, in neoliberalism, when the State is absent from these areas of community service, the market is, in theory, the one providing for the community. In practice, however, what we observe from neoliberal policies in cities with a great poor population in Latam for example, is that when the State doesn't provide for the community, the market is unable to step up for them because of their obscene prices.

The poor population that doesn't have their needs met by the State or the market sees a great boom in criminal activities within their spaces. That's mainly why criminal organizations are so present in slums and favelas throughout Latin America: criminal organizations are a way for the community to provide for themselves and, as a means to become more powerful, they provide for the community in exchange for their services (not to say they do that for the good of their hearts, of course not).

It's why it's so common, for example, that criminal organizations such as PCC in Brazil pay for kids from favelas to undergo Law school, for example.

And that's is where I wanted to go to start the conversation in SOC: one of the main traits of Ketterdam is the Barrel and, in the Barrel, we have the presence of many criminal organizations, such as the Dregs, the Dime Lions, the Menagerie staff (not the girls, ofc), etcetera.

This, as observed by Kaz himself, is one of the only ways to survive on the Barrel - you filiate yourself to a gang because you need to be able to provide for yourself and, more times than others, for your family as well.

Kaz's story is actually a perfect example of how Ketterdam is the representation of America in the early 20th century in full policies of laissez-faire (neoliberalism): as we can see in Titanic and many other historical fictions, the said American Dream had people believing the US to be this economical paradise where they could all enter the market and become millionaires.

The result of it is the Great Depression, of course, but I'm getting ahead of myself here.

When Kaz and Jodi leave Lij for Ketterdam, Jodi believes he'll become a merchant - which is a pretty common belief of those who arrive at Ketterdam, as Pekka Rollins and Kaz himself state in Crooked Kingdom.

The reality of it, though, is much harsher, because the truth is that when you have a market that controls everything, as we see in Ketterdam with the Merchant's Guild (I think that's how it's translated?) and the Stadwatch as a police force, you see perfectly how neoliberal policies really work in real life:

You have a higher class who controls the market and the riches (question: who do you think got the money Shu Han sent to Ketterdam at the beginning of the first book: the people of the city/country or the merchants in the "government"?), and a lower class that, without support from the State or the market to have their needs met will turn to their own means to do so.

So you have the trafficking that brought Inej to the island, the unlimited gambling that Jesper was trapped in, the cons Jodi and Kaz fell for - it's all product of liberal policies.

And so, you have Ketterdam and its neoliberal policies (:

(I really love to make this kind of analysis, please, if you have something you want me to talk about, don't hesitate to ask)

[graysbullshit]

a list of brazillian fun facts you might want to know for your qsmp fanfics! (or in general lol)

DATING IN BRAZIL (because I know at least 50% of yall are gonna be writting slash):

Phase 1 can be or texting/talking or ficando (infinitive: ficar), it depends on how shy you are;

Ficando means to be actively seeking a person out consistently with the intent of talking for a bit and then making out (it does not entail any level of loyalty);

Brazillians only consider it "making out" if you french kiss;

Kissing without tongue is considered weird and viewed negativelly;

A little peck on the lips is cute, but not really what we consider kissing;

There are two types of brazillians: the ones that will start dating after a week and the ones that take months to make up their minds;

If a brazillian is interested in you (even if you don't know each other) and you're in a party there is a very good chance they will walk up to you and ask if you want to make out/ask for your instagram handle (it depends on what kind of party it is tbh);

Also, most brazillians kiss and tell lmao;

It is not uncommon for outgoing brazillians to make out with random strangers, especially during carnival;

We are a sex positive country mostly;

We are very sensual, even if we have no romantic interest;

Mock-flirting or Joke-flirting is very common in friend groups;

People who make out/date with the person their friend likes are called Talarica or Talarico;

When you get cheated on you're called Corno;

People usually go on dates after ficar for a whille;

Usually, if you're going on dates with someone it is expected of you to be faithful or to end things (you can't go on dates with a guy while also going on dates with another guy, that's fucked up);

We call dating namorando, from the infinitive namorar which refers back to namorado (boyfriend) and namorada (girlfriend);

brazillians are typically very direct when they are interested in someone, which doesn't mean they will say "oh, i like you" right away, but they will flirt for sure;

in Brazil saying "I love you" isn't a big deal, most brazillians will say it pretty fast and not saying it back (if you're in a relationship) is considered VERY WEIRD;

brazillians have the tendency of being very jealous lmao;

GEOGRAPHY:

Brazil is a continental sized country, being the fifth biggest country in the entire world. It is bigger than the USA, if counting only directly conected land (ignoring Brazil's islands and Hawaii and Alaska);

Because of it's size, brazillian states have a great number of differences in language, culture, food, climate, and politics;

There is as much animosity between states as in the USA (the difference being: brazillians will always defend each other rather than gringos);

The brazillian streamers are all from the Center-West, South-East and South of Brazil (unfortunatly there is nobody to represent the North and North-east);

The south-east is the are of biggest economical impact, while the center-west is known for the capital of the country (Brasília) and the agriculture, while the south has a terrible reputation (they have livestock too, but mostly a bad reputation);

Brazil has two of the biggest cities in the world: the 5º biggest, São Paulo, and the 19º biggest, Rio de Janeiro;

Nobody fucking likes São Paulo (the city) except from the people that were born there or lived there their entire lives;

Brazil has a mostly warm climate, and most brazillians consider anything below 20ºc to be cold (vai sulista, fala que no sul é mais frio, fala);

Brazil's seasons are more often defined by the level of humity, rather than how hot/cold it is;

Brazil is a giant when it comes to agriculture and livestock. We have a lot of grains, and red meat. If you drink coffee and eat meat you have definetly tasted brazillian products without knowning, since we do a lot of exportation (especially to europe);

Brazil has natural diamonds, pre-sal (which can be used in the making of combustives), gold and other precious stones.

HISTORY:

Brazil was mostly colonized by the portuguese, but there was also a presence of the Spanish, French, Dutch and British. You can tell by the architecture;

Rio de Janeiro was the capital of the Portuguese Kingdom for a little while;

Brazil (much like Mexico) was once an Empire;

Brazil (as it's own coutry) has had only two Emperors;

the Brazillian Empire was a big deal despite ending fairly soon;

Brazil's Empire once eliminated about 90% of the male population of Paraguay during a war, which is def a war crime. We have repayed them for what happened, though;

Cities like Rio de Janeiro have a lot of Imperial architecture, but most of the colonial architecture can be found in states like Minas Gerais;

Brazil sent troups in WWII to Italy, the famous Smoking Snakes;

Brazil was forced into a dictatorship by the USA (surprising no one);

Brazil had a president that decided to develop highways instead of trains (i fucking hate him). It's the same guy that moved the capital from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília;

Brasília was build with the blood of poor people and it fucking sucks, but it has the shape of an airplane so everything is fine ig /s;

Brazil's first woman president and it's current president were both tortured during the dictatorship;

Brazil is a concervative country, despite everything;

Do not ask me about Brazil's politics, because it's so fucking insane lmao;

GENERAL CULTURE:

Brazillian culture exists on top of three axes: Portuguese, African, and Indigineous;

We take A LOT from Japonese culture (since we are the country with the biggest Japonese population outside of Japan). I've never met a brazillian who hasn't watched anime, even my grandma knows what Pokemon is /srs;

Some other important diasporas in Brazil: Lebanon (we have more lebanese than Lebanon itself lol), China, Germany, Italy, and many different African countries;

Most brazillians listen to funk and sertanejo, but other brazillian music you might be interested in: samba, BRrock, mpb, BRpop, Axé, and Pagode;

Some other famous brazillians you might not know, but you should: Silvio Santos, Celso Portiolli, Rodrigo Faro, Angélica, Eliana, Xuxa, Luciano Huck, Pyong Lee, Mauricio de Sousa, Ariano Suassuna, Clarice Lispector, Machado de Assis, Guilmarães Rosa, Fernando Pessoa, Vinicius de Moraes, Toquinho, Mateus Hwang, Tiago Leifert, Tadeu Schmidt, Boninho, Guilherme Briggs, Fernanda Montenegro, Rodrigo Santoro, Wagner Moura, Seu Jorge, etc;

Most brazillians only drink tea for medicinal reasons (like cammomile tea);

Most brazillians love coffee and hate iced coffee;

Most brazillians start drinking coffee at a very young age;

Drinking (alchool) age in Brazil is 18yo, but most brazillians start drinking around 15yo;

Most brazillians love meat and barbecue. Here is a picture of a brazillian brabecue:

Brazil, differently from other American coutries, didn't have potatoes/corn as it's basic food, we had a root called Mandioca. Although it is still very beloved in brazillian cusine, the base for brazillian meals is currently Rice;

In Brazil we usually don't eat a lot during breakfast, but have a big meal (with rice, veetables, meat, and beans) for lunch and dinner. And our dinner is usually around 20h-22h;

We don't use AM or PM;

We use the metric system and Celcius, and we very much deslike the imperial system and what's-his -face is an abhorrent scientific disgrace;

brazillians who suck up to gringos are called "Vira-latas", which can be translated to "mutts" or more directly "eat-trash";

brazillians have mutiple coffee breaks during the day, mostly in the afternoon;

brazillians brush their teeth at least 3 times a day (mostly after every big meal);

brazillians shower at least once a day, some going as far as to shower three times a day during summer;

brazillians do not use snapchat and they think it's obsolete (because it is);

brazillians will pirate anything that isn't made by other brazillians, and I mean ANYTHING. There is no shame in pirating in Brazil and we are very proud of being the country that pirates the most in the world! We will also buy counterfeit products knowing they are counterfeit;

brazillians rivalry with argentinians is REAL. And, although is mostly a football thing, it really translates to everything else (especially if it's online);

brazillians have a hierarchy when it comes down to rooting for stuff, and it goes like this: brazillians, sibling countries, latin americans, other african countries, other third world countries, japan, other asian countries, european countries, anglo-saxon americans, argentina (if it's football), germany, portugal;

[ylittlebrat]

✦ ִ 🐳 Hello Everyone

You can call me Alice! i'm new in the tumblr NSFW community even tho ive been using tumblr for years now! Please be kind with me ♡

𓈒 🦑 ۟ About Me: ۪ 25 Years Old ۪ Brazillian ۪ Bisexual ۪ Switch

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DMs are open but be polite ۪ ⊹ ֗

۪ 🦈 ֹ My Kinks

۟ 𓂂 Size Kink ۟ 𓂂 Subdom ۟ 𓂂 Age gap ۟ 𓂂 Role Play

[ghost-facess]

tell us more about dean feminizing sam while they both get off on it ?

HELLO!

Thank you for this ask!

I honestly haven't wrote anything properly in like 3 years so please bear with me. also I'm new to the fandom so I'm slowly learning their dynamics.

what comes to mind is that sam eventually confides in dean about his kink/fetish(?) and of course, dean is totally open to it which causes sam to be relieved.

while dean is out shopping, he comes across a lingerie shop and you know he's gotta go in. the shop assistant politely greets him, “hello, shopping for your girlfriend?” dean frowns a bit as he isn't comfortable telling the girl that it's actually in fact for a man, but he goes with it anyway.

“yeah, she's into pastel bras and uh, stuff like that.” he coughs and clears his throat.

“sure sir, right this way.” she beams and directs him. it's a big shop and she lets him browse in private. dean strolls, taking in the displays and finds a cute matching pair of a light blue plunge bra and brazillian panties. plunge will show off his chest well, he thought.

while dean would LOVE to spend all his money on sammy, he's got to be realistic and be ready to take the clothes back if it isn't sam's taste.

still, while he's there he can't help himself but take a look at the costume section and his eyes come across one of those sexy schoolgirl outfits. he tries to ignore the shame come across as he picks up a medium and takes both to the counter.

back at home, dean plonks the gift bag on the bed next to where sam is sitting and demands he try it on, trying to stay cool but in truth, he's quite excited. sam gives him a questionable look but rummages in the bag and pulls both sets out, with a little smile. sam looks up to dean with a grin and takes the costume set with him into the bathroom.

during their make-out session, dean is lying on his back, head between the two pillows as sam sets his arms on dean's bare chest, hips rolling onto dean's clothed crotch.

“shit..... sammy.” groans fall from dean's mouth as he looks over his brother with hooded eyes. “you look like such a slut in this.... reminds me of my high school days when I'd make 'em dress up.” sam's bangs are wet and stuck to his forehead, nipples hard and visible thin shirt, pleated skirt not reaching past his mid-thigh.

dean gives his brother's ass a harsh slap. “speed up the pace, you're like a virgin.” sam growls at this and now starts to harshly grind down, grabbing the other's short hair in protest. “shut up you fucker.” he moans out.

“yeahh... baby girl, just like that. just like that.”

[electric-rabbits]

Brazillian politics are fucking wild

Yeah, yeah, there was another attempted shooting at Trump. Call me when someone hits him with a steel chair