During his time at Corinthians, Sócrates co-founded the Corinthians Democracy movement, in opposition to the then-ruling military government. Sócrates and his teammates protested against the regime's treatment of footballers, and showed support to the wider movement for democratisation, by wearing shirts with "Democracia" written on them during games.
Sócrates stated that three of his childhood heroes were Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and John Lennon. He also said that "Lula was good" but that he had "earned a mere seven or so out of ten" for his way of governing Brazil.
Back in the day everyone talked about how god damn cool he was as a player. The dude earning a medical degree while playing as well as being a socialist is incredible
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Back in the day everyone talked about how god damn cool he was as a player. The dude earning a medical degree while playing as well as being a socialist is incredible