i know it sounds unbelievable, but here in brazil the same thing happened to bolsonaro

this is referring to the additional votes that he got this time and excluding the ricardo von hausstoffens, obviously

american workers (and minorities are usually the most exploited of them), like brazilians, associate their livelihoods to being able to work and have no trust that the government would ever truly help them pay their bills

trump and bolsonaro's propaganda tying responsible handling of the pandemic to "shutting down the economy and destroying millions of jobs" is extremely effective

this is especially bad for biden because he admitted he wasn't even trying to reach latino communities, so i bet all they got was republican propaganda saying biden would shut everything down and they wouldn't be able to pay their rent

it works and partially explains why bolsonaro's approval rating actually went up during covid, despite how much he fucked up

and of course it doesn't help that every time we talk about china and vietnam being successful the fucking libs join the fash saying both are lying commies

  • concessaoprasorrir [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    it's actually 100% related, because my point stems from his

    Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats offer any real material benefit for voters.

    true, and they know it. but this is a reason to not vote

    but in that context, and the current situation, if the other side says "they're gonna take away your jobs" - and reality has given you good reason to believe they'll end up doing that - now that's a reason to go out and vote

    • Steely_Gaige [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I accept what you're saying and I agree with it, but your point was referencing Trump's framing of covid, while they're saying it had zero effect. It's kind of a pedantic point, I just think covid certainly affected the election.