Brazil’s October election matches the polarized 2022 election, with incumbent Brazilian President Lula da Silva polling ahead of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
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.
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
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.
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