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tornado34jh

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9. Okay, but Bolsonaro absolutely would have tried to be a dictator if they had let him

Reply to iemanja (Reply #8)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 02:53 PM

Sep 22

After all, he is friends with Trump. It's much easier than a lot of people realize for a dictatorship to form, especially if they don't know the signs of an impeding one.

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South America has seen a lot of dictatorships, Brazil is no different tornado34jh Sep 21 #5

Brazil's dictatorship ended in the 1980s iemanja Sep 22 #8

Okay, but Bolsonaro absolutely would have tried to be a dictator if they had let him tornado34jh Sep 22 #9

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