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Back|Comment: Brazil also votes for an autocrat - why democracy is being voted out
Comment: Brazil also votes for an autocrat - why democracy is being voted out
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Handelsblatt·1 hour ago·Politics·1 min read·🇩🇪Germany·

Comment: Brazil also votes for an autocrat - why democracy is being voted out

An analysis of the political risks posed by politicians who question the democratic rules of the game

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  • Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil and Donald Trump in the USA are cited as examples, whose political actions are presented as a threat to future free elections.

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The following voting recommendation should actually apply universally: You only vote for politicians who are prepared to be voted out again. Otherwise it could have been the last time you even had a choice.

But this is exactly the risk that more and more voters around the world are taking. A particularly clear example of this is the election in Brazil last Sunday: 56 million Brazilians voted for Flávio Bolsonaro, making him the favorite for the runoff election on October 25th.

If he wins this, he would probably rehabilitate his father, the ex-president who tried to incite a coup in 2022 after losing the election. If the Bolsonaro clan wins this time, it is to be feared that they will never face a free election again.

The Americans also brought Donald Trump into office, a president who does not see why elections should be fair and free. As early as 2020, he tried to subsequently change the election results. Before the upcoming midterm elections this November, he changed the rules of the game as much as possible in his favor. It is to be feared that he will come up with further possibilities for manipulation when the presidency comes up in two years.

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