What's the political situation like? Do most people agree with what's going on? Are they uninformed like in Portugal? Is it a loud internet minority thing?
It's a loud internet minority thing. r/brasil is a bubble, the moderators censor anything that go against their narrative, what isn't censored is downvoted and if you manage to overcome that they will ban you at the first opportunity.
> What's the political situation like? Do most people agree with what's going on?
The absolute majority of people that I've met don't agree with what's going on and despise Lula, after all he was supposed to be in jail and not in power.
The official narrative dominates the mainstream media and some bubbles that benefit from the establishment (e.g. government employees, elites) but the opposition permeates everything else. To have some numbers, compare Bolsonaro and Lula livestreams views. Bolsonaro is often an order of magnitude ahead of Lula. And there are many which despise both (e.g. Nando Moura).
https://www.youtube.com/@jbolsonaro/streams https://www.youtube.com/@LulaOficial/streams
> Are they uninformed like in Portugal?
People are misinformed rather than uninformed, the political spectrum was polarized and both sides are guilty of spreading lies.
Yeah it's disgusting, it seriously makes me sick. It's literally written in the constitution that censorship is illegal, especially that of a political nature. Yet the judge-kings censored their political enemies. And people cheered them on. They even made a public spectacle out of it. In other countries, they at least keep their corruption under wraps because they're afraid of the consequences. Here, they do it openly. They rub it in your face and dare you to do something about it. And people love it because the target is someone they don't like. They think the dictator is on their side.
The portuguese are not immune from brazilian persecution unfortunately. Couple months ago the polícia federal detained a portuguese citizen and journalist who visited Brazil to cover Bolsonaro's latest public rally. Looks like brazilian police was keeping tabs on this guy due to incredibly illegal opinions such as "Brazil is a judiciary dictatorship". Apparently they think it's illegal for the portuguese to hold wrong opinions too. Maybe they'll go back home and ruin Brazil's stellar international reputation?
https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2024/02/25/portugu...
https://imirante.com/noticias/sao-luis/2024/02/25/ipolitica-...
> What's the political situation like?
Suffice it to say my own parents who lived through an actual military dictatorship approached me and asked me to stop commenting on things online because they're afraid I might get arrested. I actually wonder if one day dang is gonna get some letter from the brazilian government because of my comments.
> Do most people agree with what's going on? Are they uninformed like in Portugal? Is it a loud internet minority thing?
Can't say for certain. Whatever I say will be colored by my horrible experiences trying to deal with all this stuff. HN is actually the only place where I feel free enough to speak my mind and even here I run into some incredibly misinformed people. I've had to explain to other brazilians here that Lula is a self-admitted communist. People think I'm trolling them or something. It borders on gaslighting.