> Not a problem. They wanted to be ruled by the military. That's a valid political stance which should not be censored.

Wat.

(EDIT: Sure? In a country with a history of not managing this well, however, it’s also dangerous. When manifested as a riot, that danger becomes clear and present.)

> it was to arrest the protesters who were begging the military on their knees to save them

Rioters who broke into the federal buildings housing each branch of the Brazilian state…

I appreciate your directness. But respectfully, I don’t think there is anything this Supreme Court could do that would meet your approval, or vice versa, those “protesters” which would find your judgement.

> Wat.

Plenty of people out there who enjoyed the military dictatorship.

Did you know the Lua programming language was born in it? The military wanted to replace technology imports with native products. That gave rise to industry and technology. We even tried making our own computers once. That bit of history has been posted to HN at least once.

I can totally see why they'd prefer that to the current Brazil which is essentially the world's soy farm, to say nothing of the endless corruption scandals and crushing taxation.

> Rioters who broke into the federal buildings housing each branch of the Brazilian state

Protesters from the current ruling party have set fire to those buildings before. It's nothing new.

> I don’t think there is anything this Supreme Court could do that would meet your approval

I would approve of their resignation.

> Plenty of people out there who enjoyed the military dictatorship

Fair enough. I imagine the military dictatorship wouldn’t be too happy with folks trying to overthrow it. Part of designing a stable state is maneouvering against such volatility.

This state is anything but stable. The supreme court has become the de facto rulers of this country. For some reason they didn't maneuver against that.

> supreme court has become the de facto rulers of this country

Let’s say that’s true. How is this structurally dissimilar from the military being in charge?

It's not. They are both unelected authoritarian dictatorships. If I must live under a dictatorship, I want it to be a regime that somewhat aligns with my values and interests at the very least.

The people in power right now are communists and socialists. It's not even an understatement. Nazis go straight to jail but these socialists walk our soil completely unpunished even though they are far more damaging.

I suspect that continuing to argue with the fascist won't be a productive use of your time.

> continuing to argue with the fascist won't be a productive use of your time

They’re informed, coherent and seem to honestly hold their views. I’m genuinely curious about what they have to say, even if I wouldn’t want their policy prescription for my own country.

It's frustrating for me to see this discussion thread being taken over by dozens of comments filled with fascist lies, and being reminded that there are still nutjobs out there actively plotting to overthrow our democracy. If you really do want to learn more about the Brazilian far-right, there are probably better sources out there than drinking straight out of the fake-news hose.

Brazil is not a democracy. Not a single brazilian citizen voted for the judge-kings who are now running the country. It's as much a democracy as North Korea. Plus, there's censorship, and censorship equals dictatorship. It's that simple.

It's equally frustrating for me when I see the exact same talking points every single thread. It's fine if you don't want to debate the issue. Nobody's forcing you to reply. Do refrain from calling me names though.