midi@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.ml · 13 hours agoLula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio Bolsonarowww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkLula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio Bolsonarowww.theguardian.commidi@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.ml · 13 hours agomessage-square18fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.ml
minus-squarewhyrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 hours ago …received 4.4m votes more than Bolsonaro, with a 51.79% share to his 45-year-old rival’s 48.21%. A ~3.5 point margin; the popularity of far right ideology is scary right now… Congrats to Brazil for remaining sane for another term.
minus-squareelixir_fan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 hours agoA lot of people don’t think about it much, they just think “it’s an alternative to the current person in power, maybe it will work for the economy!”, while overlooking the giant red flags. Same reason why Milei won in Argentina.
A ~3.5 point margin; the popularity of far right ideology is scary right now…
Congrats to Brazil for remaining sane for another term.
A lot of people don’t think about it much, they just think “it’s an alternative to the current person in power, maybe it will work for the economy!”, while overlooking the giant red flags. Same reason why Milei won in Argentina.