FeekennDarv on Nostr: No repressions, at least not overtly. So far, it's taking shape as an asymmetrical ...
No repressions, at least not overtly. So far, it's taking shape as an asymmetrical juridical rulings by our courts, with posts on social media begin treated as a "crime" worse than armed robbery, for example, and "fake news" being prosecuted with full state power against perpetrators, usually only if done by people not aligned with the government.
Also, attempts to infiltrate with political nominees for roles traditionally relegated to technical personal inside state companies and institutions, with the consequential increase in corruption cases and misuse of these state apparatuses in the name of a political party instead of state.
If it is to imagine an authoritarianism scale, present day Brazil is heading towards what Hungary is under Orbán. Far from the likes of Russia, but degrading quickly.
Also, attempts to infiltrate with political nominees for roles traditionally relegated to technical personal inside state companies and institutions, with the consequential increase in corruption cases and misuse of these state apparatuses in the name of a political party instead of state.
If it is to imagine an authoritarianism scale, present day Brazil is heading towards what Hungary is under Orbán. Far from the likes of Russia, but degrading quickly.