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Brazilian 2026 Election: Lula's Soft Power Skills Threatened by a Hard-Power World (www.fairobserver.com)
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[–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

I think this way of dividing it up is giving rulers like Bolsonaro more credit than they deserve. Both soft and hard power tools belong in the belt - but only an idiot poser tries to accomplish things with hard power, when soft power will do. A different kind of idiot thinks that hard power is never necessary.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I think there's a lot of truth in that. I did not think that I would see the world with a lot of hard power in play, not to the degree we now face. We saw we can't do without to defend ourselfs.

    let's hope the world finds some more balance again

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