And it's not just a clown, we have soccer players, singers, dancers who are using their fame, and sometimes their bodies, to earn votes. Just to picture how preposterous this is, Tiririca's motto says: "It can't get any worse than it already is!" They even say he hasn't been alphabetized! But that's not news for us, as the current president, Luis Inácio "Lula" da Silva, isn't even graduated at the elementary school. BBC's article about it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11351808 One of his campaign videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMhY4CbqdSk I only have to say that, how in the world can a country expect to be treated seriously at the international scenario with a full circus at the government? So, what do you think about this whole situation?
This trend of anti-intellectualism (or perhaps it's something else that's causing the effusion of wacky candidates in Brazil) seems to be present everywhere, but I didn't know that it's so serious in Brazil. The US is slightly better, but I'm not sure by how much seeing that Sarah Palin might soon run for president. If only countries could improve their public education system, then people might actually become knowledgeable enough to vote for candidates with serious policies, but there never seems to be enough money for education.... (So Lully, are you from Brazil?)
You're absolutely right! But here it's not just about the lack of money. They want to preserve the poor educational system, so the people remain ignorant and keep voting for them in return of a miserable amount of money every month. (No, I'm not from Brazil, but my dad is. I've been living here for a couple of years now... amazing country, despite all the difficulties, and really welcoming people!)
Yes, it seems that poverty and lack of access to good education is the cause to nearly every social ill. But there seems to be no solution in sight to these problems... Perhaps some kind of world government is needed before anything can be solved.
I guess that was one of the points of the UN, but even they are not respected by every country... And just an update... Tiririca, the clown, was the most voted candidate to federal deputy, with over 1.3 million votes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11465127
Isn't this just great. But who knows, maybe he'll be removed from office on a technicality, such as being illiterate. Seriously, why did he run? Can he even complete the necessary duties? Do the Congress members even have any responsibilities? According to the article, it seems that the proportional representation system (and of course, corruption) is at fault. I wonder if there's any chance that it can be changed (but into what?).
As Lully said. The Brazilian government actually is veery smart, they keep people completely out of the political area, and then, they create some kind of "help to the poor" so the only thing these ppl remember is this small help. Also, this guy was voted because he was very carismathic, when he was in TV he had some extravagant laughs, everyone laughed with him. That is basically the same reason Lula, Scwarzeneger and Obama were voted. They are just carismatic, they attract attention, easily remembered. Obs:. Lula didn't graduated in elementary school, but he was in the political area for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time, protesting and all. And he did a wonderfull job as president.