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[–] Chatotorix@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He was involved in corruption in the same way any politician with actual power is: he had to play nice with tons of crooked mafia bosses that are established in the system for decades or even centuries.

They literally sweeped his and his family's private life looking for something and had to make stuff up to jail him.

So, please spare us of this relativization of a genocidal dictator wannabe.

[–] CaptainApathetic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yea there's a major difference in "playing ball" because you have no choice and willingly contributing to the corrupt system.

[–] Ab_intra@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As i understand it he was involved in a very big corruption case that made him get convinced for it and he spent jail time. If this was politically motivated or not I don't know but it makes me think he's not so great.

I do not say I like Bolsonaro one bit. If you think I wrote this because I support him you have me all wrong.

[–] Chatotorix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You seem to be extremely outdated. The operation that sent him to jail has been widely discredited. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaza_Jato