Brazil protests spread in Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Rio

Re:Brazil protests spread in Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Rio by Fargren on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @10:12AM (#5899234)

What I see is things improving from the bottom up instead of from the top down, for the first time in a very long time. For people who are nearer to the top (and this includes a large sector of the middle classes that looks up to the top percenters), this looks like a step back, as they can't see the benefits of the things that are improving. But I really believe in the long run, this is the only plan that won't destroy the country.

To me, things just seems better. I hope you are wrong.

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Re:Brazil protests spread in Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Rio by GFischer on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @02:33PM (#5901090)

I hope I'm wrong too :P I live in Uruguay and we'll feel the backlash.

I'm probably being too harsh on the government, they are doing redistributive policies - whether that's the best thing to do with the money I'm not sold, but at least they aren't stealing it all or handling all of it to contractors.

However, while all this helps in the short run, on the outside it looks like it will destroy a lot of things in a not so distant future. Argentina will recover as usual, but the next few years look like a repeat of 2001.

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