Robert MaguireWe really do forget how much damage Trump did to democracy abroad because he did so much damage at home. But for four years, the message that strongmen and their supporters got from the United States was strength is all that matters and you can't lose if you refuse to accept it.
And this all comes two years after our own insurrection, just days after the insurrectionists—who remain utterly unrepentant—have taken control of the House and intend to give their ranks of conspiracy theorists and white supremacists plum committee positions.
And the links between the Brazilian insurrection and our own are not at all tenuous https://newrepublic.com/article/163301/steve-bannon-brazil-maga-battleground-bolsonaro
Michael John Lo@RobertMaguire of course... the copycats.
David Morrison@RobertMaguire Cautionary tales don't translate very well, apparently.
ofa_jeremy@RobertMaguire fuckin’ eerie. Wow.