the far-right revolution continues as Sao Paulo swears in 'The Brazilian Trump'

[basquebromance]

the silent majority is silent no more!

Sao Paulo Swears in ‘Brazilian Donald Trump’ as Mayor

 

[Fenton Lum]

We're all going to be so much better off for worshiping celebrity and wealth.

 

[JimBowie1958]

From the article:

According to Brazilian media outlets, the comparison between Doria and Trump is not without merit. Reports suggest that so-called “ordinary citizens” in Brazil do not feel represented by professional politicians, a phenomenon that is exacerbated by numerous public cases of corruption and a basic political disconnect with the rank-and-file.

Fed up with business as usual, residents of São Paulo turned to a man viewed as a successful entrepreneur and a political outsider untainted by the system. Moreover, Doria had achieved something his opponents lacked: contact with the common man.​

This is becoming true all over the world as the planned Global economy was designed without regard to the masses who the planners thought could be controlled with mass media.

Lincoln has again been proven right; you can fool some of the people all the time and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

 

[Fenton Lum]

From the article:

According to Brazilian media outlets, the comparison between Doria and Trump is not without merit. Reports suggest that so-called “ordinary citizens” in Brazil do not feel represented by professional politicians, a phenomenon that is exacerbated by numerous public cases of corruption and a basic political disconnect with the rank-and-file.

Fed up with business as usual, residents of São Paulo turned to a man viewed as a successful entrepreneur and a political outsider untainted by the system. Moreover, Doria had achieved something his opponents lacked: contact with the common man.​

This is becoming true all over the world as the planned Global economy was designed without regard to the masses who the planners thought could be controlled with mass media.

Lincoln has again been proven right; you can fool some of the people all the time and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

True, many have been fooled into worshiping the wealthy who have used the inequities and loopholes of their soceities to enrich themselves. It's a "civilized" form of human sacrifice. The illusion will come into focus over time. Always does.

 

[PurpleOwl]

Can't wait to see the German Trump... I bet he'll have a funny looking mustache

 

[waltky]

Venezuelan sympathies wearin' thin with Brazilians...

Brazilian town tires of Venezuelans
Fri, Mar 16, 2018 - REFUGEE PROBLEM: Pacaraima’s location close to the border have made it a popular choice for people fleeing political violence and Venezuela’s economic collapse

The remote Brazilian town of Pacaraima is used to outsiders — tourists curious about spectacular nearby mountains — but a sea of Venezuelan refugees is pushing locals’ hospitality to breaking point. Before, Pacaraima’s main attraction was its location near Monte Roraima in Venezuela, believed to have inspired Arthur Conan Doyle’s Lost World fantasy adventure, but now the town has become a focal point for the exodus from economic collapse and political violence just across the border. Every day, between 500 and 1,200 impoverished Venezuelans come over the frontier into Pacaraima, swamping the sleepy community. The arrivals — designated refugees by the UN — sleep in the streets, cram into inadequate shelters and are blamed by some for problems such as increased prostitution. “It’s out of control,” said Catholic priest Father Jesus Lopez, who runs a soup kitchen for the Venezuelans in Pacaraima.

Venezuelans wait in a line in front of the Brazil Federal Police Office at the border town of Pacaraima, Brazil​

Refugees are estimated to have swelled Pacaraima’s population of 12,000 by a third, but despite the increased traffic, the local economy is suffering. “There’s a lot of movement and little money. My sales have fallen because there are fewer tourists and they were the ones who brought in money,” said Zilma Rocha, who has a kitchen serving breakfasts. About the only people seeing an uptick in trade are the currency dealers, who sell the Brazilian real to their neighbors. Some supermarkets are also seeing new business, with Venezuelans crossing the border just to buy food they cannot afford or find back home. “Everything is cheaper here. Over there, 80 reais [US$25] won’t buy you anything, but with that amount here you can get rice, sugar, flour, butter, soap, biscuits, juice and hygiene products,” said Jonathan do Santos, who frequently makes the trip. “The lack of food in Venezuela has created opportunities here and our businesses are taking advantage of that,” said Ruan Silva, whose supermarket in Pacaraima is one of the few accepting the nearly worthless Venezuelan currency, the bolivar.

Lopez said Brazil’s government has not done enough to help communities like this prepare for the influx, but he understood the desperation driving the fugitives. “These people are running from hunger, from death,” he said. Most Venezuelans arriving in Pacaraima try to move straight on to the nearest sizeable city in Brazil’s Roraima state, Boa Vista, where much of the refugee aid is centered, but for some, that 215km trip — and the US$16 taxi ride — is a step too far. “We had planned to go to Boa Vista, but things sound terrible there,” said Jose Pena, 22, who had traveled more than 1,500km with his family from Carabobo in Venezuela. “We prefer to stay here,” he said, while tending a cooking fire. “At least here we can eat.” Abilio Mendez, 46, who traveled all the way from Puerto La Cruz on Venezuela’s Caribbean coast, simply could not afford to go any further than Pacaraima. “It’s everything left in my life,” he said, pointing to his two suitcases. His solution for getting to Boa Vista? To set off under the punishing sun and try to walk.

Brazilian town tires of Venezuelans - Taipei Times

 

[007]

Can't wait to see the German Trump... I bet he'll have a funny looking mustache

Still won't be as funny as the kenyan muslim obama.