Brazil’s Democracy to Suffer Grievous Blow as Unelectable, Corrupt Neoliberal Is
theintercept.com
theintercept.com
But the normal workings of a democratic process is suddenly somehow a "grievous blow" because it's their corrupt official being caught in the dragnet.
Go figure.
No wonder Brazil is such a mess.
The story's sub-thread on the power of a tightly controlled media is also noteworthy.
Actually, it doesn't.
The judicial process goes on, and if (or when) the next-in-line is caught in the dragnet then the same fate awaits him.
This is the main thing about Dilma Roussef's partisans that leaves everyone dumbfounded. Their argument essentially boils down to "this is somehow a coup because although my guy is corrupt as hell, so is the next-in-line, therefore we should keep my corrupt guy and all their cronies immune to any accountability and impervious to the democratic process because that suits my fancy".
But this line of reasoning only further worsens Brazil's corruption problem.
I wish Greenwald, who has done amazing work publicizing the Snowden revelations, wouldn't use it.