[prionassembly]

The interesting tidbit here is that congresspeople, both leaders and small fry types, were parroting a line that went "if we don't pass this censorship law, the Supreme Court is going ahead and dropping an even bigger hammer".

The Supreme Court kneecapped Lula in the late 00s and early 10s, arrested his lead cadres and led to his party's decay -- until Lula himself was arrested. They did this by importing theories by German theorists that were never part of our law intellectual traditions, let alone our laws. Then in the late 10s they started arresting bloggers for insulting the Court -- directly, taking on police powers. Now they're with Lula, and further expanding their sweeping powers. I'm scared to even post this. I mean, much of Congress is scared -- they've got people there by the balls.

[matheusmoreira]

They're judge kings and they're running the country. Whatever whims they write on documents is law because police obeys. I'm very scared too. My own family has told me to my face to stop posting online because they fear I could get arrested. I still can't get over how fucked up that is.

[frozenlettuce]

A Brazilian's day only truly begins after some bread and 2 full cups of judiciary down the throat