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>Hm now I get why the Brazilians I met complained about the country being “too socialist” first and foremost
It only feels "too socialist" when you don't consider that we live in the periphery of the world with a massive territory with a fraction of the foreign investment that Europe or other first nations receive.

To help the poor achieve their ends is actually a need to stabilize the nation and keep social cohesion under extreme poverty and social inequality that South America and the peripherical nations of the world have to deal with.

The neoliberal agenda that the USA pushes will literally tear our social fabric apart and break our nation apart. And that is precisely what happened in the 1990s where the neoliberal agenda was in full effect and poverty and inequality skyrocketed which led to direct the government policies towards a more welfare oriented state.

Then with social cohesion it's possible to actually build a nation from the bottom to top

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I was in Brazil last fall.I just bought dates, Brazil nuts, and 2 small beverage cans at a supermarket and paid 12.16 USD for them.At a…

I was in Brazil last fall.
I just bought dates, Brazil nuts, and 2 small beverage cans at a supermarket and paid 12.16 USD for them.
At a…