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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign."
] |
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Wait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews"
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Sobs in southern-US
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US"
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Ooooh that’s wassup
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US"
] |
>
ELI5: how do they reverse the damage?
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup"
] |
>
I am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?"
] |
>
It depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally."
] |
>
Awesome. Hope it will work better this time.
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems."
] |
>
oh the forest ok
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time."
] |
>
Inb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok"
] |
>
Finally a win for the good people. Damn.
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses"
] |
>
Amazing news
Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn."
] |
>
Good things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation"
] |
>
Man, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult"
] |
>
at least some good news:)
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild."
] |
>
I still dream of hearing the word reforestation
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)"
] |
>
Add this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation"
] |
>
China's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years."
] |
>
Lol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership"
] |
>
Hopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?"
] |
>
This is not the wild west, dude.
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her."
] |
>
I have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i.
This is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the "Parliamentary Evangelical Front" who have been destroying our country and society for years.
Evangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude."
] |
>
Wow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs."
] |
>
It's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up "Templo de Salomão, São Paulo" to get an idea.
Don't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar."
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I pumped my fist in the air and said "Yes!" after seeing this.
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter."
] |
>
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)
Amazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.
Caetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva "Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister."
Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this."
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Wait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?
|
[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5"
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It's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?"
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing."
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good"
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r/PointlesslyPolitical
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american"
] |
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Isn't it more national than political?
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical"
] |
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Nations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?"
] |
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Yeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.
Edit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state."
] |
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I don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….
This alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod."
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Lol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.
And even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry.
But let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place."
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I'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order."
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The comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?"
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Those fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil"
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I hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do."
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Hope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that."
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World has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.
In his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.
BTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that."
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How long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat."
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Why would the US even consider doing that
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?"
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lmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that"
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I think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years."
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news flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had..."
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it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country
This sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.
"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people"
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back."
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Tbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.
Dictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader
Or
Communist option ) I'll die out of starvation
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\""
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Dying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation"
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The deadliest famine was under a communist regime
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind."
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Sure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime"
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Would like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.
Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.
Except famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines."
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies."
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?"
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My dumb ass was like "what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh."
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass."
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\""
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this"
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?"
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I thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense."
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Lula multipass?
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[
"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad."
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Ohhh, as in Amazon the forest!
That realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?"
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Oh goody. There's hope after all
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment."
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The fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently.
The rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs.
What other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all"
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?"
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I totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future."
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No kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao."
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Must be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed."
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Hell ya!! Lula off to a great start
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing."
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Her former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start"
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote."
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran."
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So next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch"
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth."
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Lula's party is filled with socialists though
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism"
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Jesse what the fuck are you talking about
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though"
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about"
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Not how it works here.
She's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task.
Her interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent"
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Yeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people."
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time."
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Why does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met"
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?"
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Want to try that sentence again?
If Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say"
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Thanks for the confirmation mate lol
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say",
">\n\nWant to try that sentence again?\nIf Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government."
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say",
">\n\nWant to try that sentence again?\nIf Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government.",
">\n\nTell me your stupid without telling me your stupid = ✅\nThanks for the confirmation mate lol"
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Was Really trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but since your posts read like a crazy lady who’s only job is to look at birds and make weird comments like she might marry one while living in a under privileged state. You’ve made it impossible now
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say",
">\n\nWant to try that sentence again?\nIf Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government.",
">\n\nTell me your stupid without telling me your stupid = ✅\nThanks for the confirmation mate lol",
">\n\nI think you meant you're stupid, not your stupid."
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At least I can type out a coherent sentence :)
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say",
">\n\nWant to try that sentence again?\nIf Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government.",
">\n\nTell me your stupid without telling me your stupid = ✅\nThanks for the confirmation mate lol",
">\n\nI think you meant you're stupid, not your stupid.",
">\n\nWas Really trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but since your posts read like a crazy lady who’s only job is to look at birds and make weird comments like she might marry one while living in a under privileged state. You’ve made it impossible now"
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Great so the paper companies will just cockblock their efforts until another dictator wannabe gets elected
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say",
">\n\nWant to try that sentence again?\nIf Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government.",
">\n\nTell me your stupid without telling me your stupid = ✅\nThanks for the confirmation mate lol",
">\n\nI think you meant you're stupid, not your stupid.",
">\n\nWas Really trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but since your posts read like a crazy lady who’s only job is to look at birds and make weird comments like she might marry one while living in a under privileged state. You’ve made it impossible now",
">\n\nAt least I can type out a coherent sentence :)"
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say",
">\n\nWant to try that sentence again?\nIf Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government.",
">\n\nTell me your stupid without telling me your stupid = ✅\nThanks for the confirmation mate lol",
">\n\nI think you meant you're stupid, not your stupid.",
">\n\nWas Really trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but since your posts read like a crazy lady who’s only job is to look at birds and make weird comments like she might marry one while living in a under privileged state. You’ve made it impossible now",
">\n\nAt least I can type out a coherent sentence :)",
">\n\nGreat so the paper companies will just cockblock their efforts until another dictator wannabe gets elected"
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"Lula" LULE
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say",
">\n\nWant to try that sentence again?\nIf Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government.",
">\n\nTell me your stupid without telling me your stupid = ✅\nThanks for the confirmation mate lol",
">\n\nI think you meant you're stupid, not your stupid.",
">\n\nWas Really trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but since your posts read like a crazy lady who’s only job is to look at birds and make weird comments like she might marry one while living in a under privileged state. You’ve made it impossible now",
">\n\nAt least I can type out a coherent sentence :)",
">\n\nGreat so the paper companies will just cockblock their efforts until another dictator wannabe gets elected",
">\n\nAt least take a small moment to appreciate what he is doing to save what he can before your snarky comments"
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Do not support kleptocracies, boycott Brazil products !!! #brazilkleptocracy
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say",
">\n\nWant to try that sentence again?\nIf Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government.",
">\n\nTell me your stupid without telling me your stupid = ✅\nThanks for the confirmation mate lol",
">\n\nI think you meant you're stupid, not your stupid.",
">\n\nWas Really trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but since your posts read like a crazy lady who’s only job is to look at birds and make weird comments like she might marry one while living in a under privileged state. You’ve made it impossible now",
">\n\nAt least I can type out a coherent sentence :)",
">\n\nGreat so the paper companies will just cockblock their efforts until another dictator wannabe gets elected",
">\n\nAt least take a small moment to appreciate what he is doing to save what he can before your snarky comments",
">\n\n\"Lula\" LULE"
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That's crazy... I didn't know Amazon had a football team. Also, why is a football player qualified to be an environmental minister?
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say",
">\n\nWant to try that sentence again?\nIf Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government.",
">\n\nTell me your stupid without telling me your stupid = ✅\nThanks for the confirmation mate lol",
">\n\nI think you meant you're stupid, not your stupid.",
">\n\nWas Really trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but since your posts read like a crazy lady who’s only job is to look at birds and make weird comments like she might marry one while living in a under privileged state. You’ve made it impossible now",
">\n\nAt least I can type out a coherent sentence :)",
">\n\nGreat so the paper companies will just cockblock their efforts until another dictator wannabe gets elected",
">\n\nAt least take a small moment to appreciate what he is doing to save what he can before your snarky comments",
">\n\n\"Lula\" LULE",
">\n\nDo not support kleptocracies, boycott Brazil products !!! #brazilkleptocracy"
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Fuck Bezos and Amazon. Nobody should defend them.
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say",
">\n\nWant to try that sentence again?\nIf Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government.",
">\n\nTell me your stupid without telling me your stupid = ✅\nThanks for the confirmation mate lol",
">\n\nI think you meant you're stupid, not your stupid.",
">\n\nWas Really trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but since your posts read like a crazy lady who’s only job is to look at birds and make weird comments like she might marry one while living in a under privileged state. You’ve made it impossible now",
">\n\nAt least I can type out a coherent sentence :)",
">\n\nGreat so the paper companies will just cockblock their efforts until another dictator wannabe gets elected",
">\n\nAt least take a small moment to appreciate what he is doing to save what he can before your snarky comments",
">\n\n\"Lula\" LULE",
">\n\nDo not support kleptocracies, boycott Brazil products !!! #brazilkleptocracy",
">\n\nThat's crazy... I didn't know Amazon had a football team. Also, why is a football player qualified to be an environmental minister?"
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Lol it's defending the rainforest bro, but your comment made me lol
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say",
">\n\nWant to try that sentence again?\nIf Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government.",
">\n\nTell me your stupid without telling me your stupid = ✅\nThanks for the confirmation mate lol",
">\n\nI think you meant you're stupid, not your stupid.",
">\n\nWas Really trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but since your posts read like a crazy lady who’s only job is to look at birds and make weird comments like she might marry one while living in a under privileged state. You’ve made it impossible now",
">\n\nAt least I can type out a coherent sentence :)",
">\n\nGreat so the paper companies will just cockblock their efforts until another dictator wannabe gets elected",
">\n\nAt least take a small moment to appreciate what he is doing to save what he can before your snarky comments",
">\n\n\"Lula\" LULE",
">\n\nDo not support kleptocracies, boycott Brazil products !!! #brazilkleptocracy",
">\n\nThat's crazy... I didn't know Amazon had a football team. Also, why is a football player qualified to be an environmental minister?",
">\n\nFuck Bezos and Amazon. Nobody should defend them."
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"I see the face of someone getting her dream job.",
">\n\nIt is the second time she gets nominated for this ministry.\nThe first time was during Lula’s first term.",
">\n\nYes. And she quit after 5 years because lack of government support. Hope this time it works out.",
">\n\nMan it sucks when people who really want a job become just a token hire to pretend the larger body is doing something.",
">\n\nMan it's great when people who really want a job become contributing and influential members to the larger body doing something.\nUnfortunate what that graph suggests.",
">\n\nWhat’s unfortunate?",
">\n\nBasically the graph says exactly what you think, that things were better but are getting worse again.",
">\n\nUntil that graph shows a negative value (aka reforestation), I would hesitate to say \"better\" at all, and would maybe just call it \"less bad\". As it was still getting worse, just at a different rate. Acceleration vs velocity.",
">\n\nSlightly off topic, but 'less bad' is how I like to describe things like hybrid cars and recycling. They're doing less damage to the environment than the alternative, but they are not good for it.\nI wish more people had this mentality.",
">\n\nThanks for sharing, this is an amazing journey",
">\n\nElections and democracy as a whole is so weird - just one year ago Brazil had a pres who was singlehandedly trying to destroy the rainforest. Now, thanks to the election, any time Brazil is in the news regarding the rainforest, it's good news. Pretty cool stuff, but it really shows how fickle things can be",
">\n\nSame thing in the US... It's like bipolar disorder to anyone watching from outside",
">\n\nI think the difference being each of your main parties are neoliberal in ideology (same with our parties in the UK), whereas Lula's party is decently left-wing! So they had that option atleast.",
">\n\nNeoliberalism being the economic ideology of deregulation, austerity and free market extremism (Reagan and Thatchers baby), I'd say so?",
">\n\nThe Democratic Party supports some regulation and some market controls within the constraints of capitalist economics. They are, by definition, liberal (pro-free market [with some oversight]) and conservative (in support of continuing the existing economic system [capitalism]). They still praise the inviolability of capitalism.\nSo... yes.",
">\n\nThe party is defined by its leadership, whom is absolutely the establishment Third Way Democrats. It is not defined by the Manchins (nor the Bernies), but it is defined by the Pelosis and the Schumers.\nHell, even \"the Squad\" is, at best, social democrats which are still a centre-left pro-capitalism stance that fall firmly within economic liberalism. Likewise the Canadian Liberal party of Justin Trudeau is a liberal party - socially progressive and pro-capitalism.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nArticle says “Silva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund” when it should say “Silva, Brazil, and The Whole World stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund”",
">\n\nPlot twist, it's Amazon the company and not the forest",
">\n\nIt’s truly a tragedy that when you say “Amazon” you think of Bezos’ bald head instead of literally the biggest rainforest on Earth.",
">\n\nthat's a sort of cultural appropriation",
">\n\n100%, the native Brazilians are completely forgotten by the rest of the world since the Amazon brand is more associated with online shopping",
">\n\nEarth thanks you for your bravery and commitment. This was needed so badly. Other countries really need to support Brazil at this moment as much as we support countries like Ukraine. These are perfect examples of a line in the sand.",
">\n\nhold that thought until we see some actual actions lol. Talk is cheap. But yeah, it won´t be worse than it is.",
">\n\nUnless she literally starts fire-bombing the Amazon, could it get worse?",
">\n\nIt can always get worse.",
">\n\nWhat a title",
">\n\nYeah confused the heck ouf me.\n\"Brazil's Lula\" and \"Amazon Defender\" both sounded more like AIs to me than actual people.",
">\n\nAmazon Defender sounds like a car",
">\n\nFinally some fucking good news",
">\n\nAs an American, I sometimes wonder how a lunatic like Bolsanaro could've been voted into power and then how he could possibly stay in power while acting like a supervillain. Then I remember that we elected Trump and even after all he's done (and still doing), we might even re-elect him.",
">\n\nI'm curious if the Bolsanaro voters and evangelicals are a minority that screams really loud (like the US) or if they are a majority. Well, the majority elected Lula so I guess that is the answer to my question.",
">\n\nIt was a very close race, but Bolso still lost with the full government machine behind him, spending billions on last minute benefits to poorer people.",
">\n\nVery glad that “Amazon” here refers to the rainforest and not the corporation, as I’m sure they would have polar opposite effects on the environment.",
">\n\nThis is beautiful. \nWe must protect our natural habitats. \nOnce they're gone, they won't return.",
">\n\nAn example for other countries leaders to take action in this much needed time.",
">\n\nJust watch how much more crazy and divided Brazil becomes as the right-wing, tree-cutting, oil-loving machine starts rolling and manipulating their society to sow divide and protect their interests.",
">\n\nusing gays, abortion, Christ, and gun laws, as the surrogate reasons to get to their actual targets",
">\n\nYou just reminded me during the campaing this year, bolsonaro spread some bullshit about lula closing down churches, legalizing theft and some people actually fell for it.\nI just don't get why so many people can be this gullible.",
">\n\nDon’t forget banning the bible, burning all copies and giving every school age child a “gay kit” whatever the fuck that means",
">\n\nEveryone liked that",
">\n\nWhen she was Environment Minister(2003-2008) deforestation fell from 21.000km² to 12.000km², and a continuation of her policies resulted in further reductions, all the way to 7.000km² in 2012.\nAll her political history is based on protecting the Amazon, and she was even a major candidate for the presidency in 2010 and 2014(about 20% of the vote). She's a strong woman with an amazing history, and the absolute best person for the job right now.",
">\n\nHope there's room in the department budget for security. Amazon loggers don't play nice",
">\n\nNext Call of Duty concept right there. More effective of an enemy than the Russians and just as evil.\nReplace the regular killstreaks with calling in swarms of army ants or riding a capybara with a machine gun on top.",
">\n\nI do think that, if we're going to waste a trillion dollars on military spending every year, the US should commit troops to hunting loggers in South America and poachers in Africa as though it were big game hunting. It's hard to sell ivory with an ass full of UAV ordnance.",
">\n\nWho do you think is buying the wood?\n\"Shipments went to the United States, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium and possibly other countries...\"",
">\n\nWell that's...progressive. Good job Brazil?",
">\n\nLet’s go!",
">\n\nI needed to check which Amazon was being defended before I got excited. Then I checked. Then I got excited.",
">\n\nLol",
">\n\nNot only an Amazon defender, one of the best politicians in current Brazil. She would've been president if Lula's party hadn't thrown her under the bus in '14. Which only makes it more notable that she's taking this job now as it involves setting aside some pretty strong personal grievances",
">\n\nLet's hope things improve.",
">\n\nMy first thought was the company and now I feel stupid",
">\n\nHoly crap — when I read the headline my first thought was someone who supports the Amazon corporation. Glad I had sense enough to read the article, yet concerned that my brain went to corporate malfeasance first.",
">\n\nGood. Finally Brazil stands up for the trees.",
">\n\nMy favorite part of this story apart from the immense hope I suddenly feel for the Amazon is the fact that the two had a falling out, with Lula moving to support farmers and causing Silva to resign from her post in response, and she is so convinced that he has changed his mind that she is willing to take up the mantle again and do some more incredible work. That tells me a lot about Silva, and a lot about Lula. \nMy god it's good to feel that relief for the Amazon.",
">\n\nNow imagine what would’ve happened. Had Bolsonaro gotten another term?",
">\n\nProbably an Exxon-Mobil executive",
">\n\nDemocracy rules. Let's keep working on bettering education and upbringing and we might eventually get less Authoritarians.",
">\n\nConservatives in Brazil will find something negative to say about this.",
">\n\nConservatives hate her exactly because she's been a very proeminent figure in regards to environmental protection for decades, she is also a woman and a person of color. She repeatedly tried to become president of Brazil and had a slight chance in 2014 before all other sides panicked at that possibility and united forces in a difamation campaign.",
">\n\n/r/uplifingnews",
">\n\nWait, people in leadership positions can actually do intelligent things?! cries in US",
">\n\nSobs in southern-US",
">\n\nOoooh that’s wassup",
">\n\nELI5: how do they reverse the damage?",
">\n\nI am certainly no expert but I think the first goal is to stop the rampant deforestation first and then look at recovery. My guess is without interference, it will recover itself naturally.",
">\n\nIt depends on how much damage has been done. Sometimes specialists need to intervene to restore ecosystems.",
">\n\nAwesome. Hope it will work better this time.",
">\n\noh the forest ok",
">\n\nInb4 she's actually an Amazon (company) defender and they're gonna tear down the rainforest in place of warehouses",
">\n\nFinally a win for the good people. Damn.",
">\n\nAmazing news\n Hopefully she can actually stop the rampant deforestation",
">\n\nGood things! Hopefully she'll do a better job than the previous guy, but that shouldn't be too difficult",
">\n\nMan, the complete contrast with Bolsonaro is wild.",
">\n\nat least some good news:)",
">\n\nI still dream of hearing the word reforestation",
">\n\nAdd this to lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty to reasons why he’s the best Head of State of any nation in the last 30 years.",
">\n\nChina's lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Maybe that by itself isn't the best indicator on leadership",
">\n\nLol or maybe just maybe, China did something good?",
">\n\nHopefully they have a sec detail on her because I can imagine construction companies and other large players who benefit from that land are going to be coming for her.",
">\n\nThis is not the wild west, dude.",
">\n\nI have to preface this by saying I'm leftist and against Bolsonaro, but political discourse in Brazil has reached such a level that you can't be midly critical of god-emperor Lula or PT without being called a naz i. \nThis is interesting since PT ran a brutal smear campaing against her when she was a candidate for presidency in 2014. Not that she was entirely without blame, as she is part of the \"Parliamentary Evangelical Front\" who have been destroying our country and society for years. \nEvangelicals are set to become a religious majority in Brazil in the next coming years, and with the way things are going it wouldn't surprise me if soon we will go through something like the Iranian Revolution of 1978, except we'll be ruled by evangelical nutjobs.",
">\n\nWow, I'm in the US and this sounds very, very familiar.",
">\n\nIt's very weird to watch as Brazil was overwhelmingly catholic for centuries, yet in a matter of decades the tables have been turning. There are terrifying videos of military-esque drills people do in these evangelical churches, they have very extreme views on the LGBT, abortion and even entertainment. These churches are all owned by extremelly wealthy people, who build large and ostentatious temples paid by tithes from churchgoers who sometime barely have enough to eat. Look up \"Templo de Salomão, São Paulo\" to get an idea. \nDon't get me wrong, Bolsonaro and Lula are extremely different men. But it certainly doesn't help that you see the exact same ignorant arguments, the same manipulation of headlines and bad faith interpretations of quotes from both Bolsonaro and Lula supporters. I was very active on twitter during this last election cycle and it was depressing to watch, there are extremelly hateful and nasty things I got told by Lula supporters that I had not even heard from the most fervent Bolsonaro supporter.",
">\n\nI pumped my fist in the air and said \"Yes!\" after seeing this.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nAmazon activist Marina Silva has announced that she has been appointed as environment minister of Brazil by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.\nSilva and Brazil stand to benefit from a rejuvenated Amazon Fund, which took a hit in 2019 when Norway and Germany froze new cash transfers after Bolsonaro excluded state governments and civil society from decision-making.\nCaetano Scannavino, coordinator of Health and Happiness, an Amazon nonprofit that supports sustainable projects, said Silva \"Grew to become someone larger than only an environment minister.\"\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Silva^#1 Lula^#2 Amazon^#3 minister^#4 climate^#5",
">\n\nWait isn't this supposed to be like the norm? Like who are you gonna make an enviroment minister? A oil tycoon?",
">\n\nIt's supposed to, yes. But then, you know, the right-wing.",
">\n\nWhich Amazon\nEdit: Okay we good",
">\n\nHow to show you are american without saying you are american",
">\n\nr/PointlesslyPolitical",
">\n\nIsn't it more national than political?",
">\n\nNations are a type of polity, so needlessly brining up nationality is making something needlessly political. Political refers to matters of state.",
">\n\nYeah but it's not a political statement on context. Like a if I say I met a German tourist while out drinking, there's nothing inherently political about that.\nEdit: I didn't downvote you. Looks like you blocked me now? Unless it got deleted by a mod.",
">\n\nI don’t know much about Lula and the small amount I’ve heard, Lula is really not that great of a leader but….\nThis alone gives me a lot of hope. Thank you for putting someone there who legit wants to save on of the most important pieces of land on our place.",
">\n\nLol, he was an is a great leader. The differences in Brazil from before and after his mandates (2003-2010) are water and wine in every single area. He isn't perfect, of course, but many countries wish they had their own Lula.\nAnd even considering that, with this minister's nomination, and his announced ministry as a whole, there was nothing short of good news everywhere. He's outdone even himself. For the first time there'll be an indigenous person in charge of a ministry, and it's the Originary Peoples' Ministry. Heck, for the first time there will be such a thing as an Originary Peoples' Ministry. \nBut let's be cautiously optimistic. Rebuilding the country after Bolsonaro will be a very, very tall order.",
">\n\nI'm such a clone. I read the headline of this article, guess what was my first thought?",
">\n\nThe comments in this thread shows foreingers don't know shit about brazil",
">\n\nThose fascists from the mato grosso won’t be happy about this but it’s the only right thing to do.",
">\n\nI hate my latinamerican left wing fuckers. But if this is an honest move, then it's great for Brazil... And the world... And I appreciate that.",
">\n\nHope this works out. I still think that big part of amazon should be some kind of international protected zone like parts of Arctics. World has enough money to pay Brazil for that.",
">\n\nWorld has enough money but you don't want to. People pretend to care about environment, but If it means literally sending money to another nation most of you will refuse. To most middle class and rich first worlders, getting a new TV or an extra vacation is more appealing than saving the world on long term.\nIn his election Biden said he would talk to rich countries to gather 20b usd and give it to Brazil so we could solve this issue and stop destroying the Amazon. 20b is not even close to what's needed. It should be way more than that, every year. The way fo make the Amazon safe is to make Brazil a stable country, make the economy works so another Bolsonaro won't come up. Now, do you think average European and American would understand and support it? I don't think so.\nBTW, 20b is about 10 days of military spends of USA. And they are not in war or under threat.",
">\n\nHow long do you think till US decides to throw away this left government from its power?",
">\n\nWhy would the US even consider doing that",
">\n\nlmao.. its good i think so far that is the second or third minister that he chose that has not been arrested due to corruption. I feel bad for Brazil and the Brazilian people.. Brazil will no longer be a democracy within the next few years.",
">\n\nI think you do not search much about Brazilian politics, Lula has defeated the guy that suported the dictatorship that Brazil had...",
">\n\nnews flash brother i am Brazilian born and raised even though i do not currently live in Brazil right now i was there during Lula & Dilma government and i witnessed the destruction caused by Lula and his corruption. if you are referring to when the military took over in 1964. yes it was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country. which is very likely to happen now that Lula is back.",
">\n\n\nit was indeed a dictatorship but hey it was either that or Brazil would've turned into a communist country\n\nThis sentence is so painfully funny and stupid at the same time.\n\"Yes, we needed to oppress people, because if we didn't, other people would have oppressed people\"",
">\n\nTbh I'd rather live under a dictatorship than a communist country.\nDictatorship option ) I'll die if I oppose the leader\nOr\nCommunist option ) I'll die out of starvation",
">\n\nDying from starvation is, for some wild reason, attributed to communism when most famine did not happen under communism. It blows my mind.",
">\n\nThe deadliest famine was under a communist regime",
">\n\nSure? Tons of other famines that, when combined, entirely dwarf communist famines were not. Its almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.",
">\n\nWould like to see some statistics and sources, especially the famines you're talking about.\n\nIts almost like communism isn't the cause of famines.\n\nExcept famines that occured in communist countries happened because of communist policies.",
">\n\nAmazon or Amazon?",
">\n\nThat title made me do a double take. I need to touch some grass.",
">\n\nMy dumb ass was like \"what does a former lawyer for Amazon have to do with environmental... OOOOOH. Oh.\"",
">\n\nThe Corporate World will remember this",
">\n\nIs it the Lorax?",
">\n\nThat makes a lot of sense.",
">\n\nI thought it was Amazon the fucking company and that this was bad.",
">\n\nLula multipass?",
">\n\nOhhh, as in Amazon the forest!\nThat realization saved me from a pretty confused comment.",
">\n\nOh goody. There's hope after all",
">\n\nThe fact that it hasn’t been this way the whole time should make people around the world request further changes like these, urgently. \nThe rainforests of Brazil are the worlds lungs. \nWhat other “body parts” of the world are we to sacrifice for the sake of greedy interests and the like?",
">\n\nHope Brazil has a good future.",
">\n\nI totally misread this as someone who is a defender of the company of Amazon and was very disappointed lmfao.",
">\n\nNo kid, this is the best news I’ve read in a long time. I know it will be an uphill battle and there’s a long way to go but I’m so starved for news of a world government even pretending to give a damn that I’m overjoyed.",
">\n\nMust be nice for Brazilians to be in the news for things related to saving the rainforest instead of having a nut job who thinks its a personal achievement if they were able to burn down the whole thing.",
">\n\nHell ya!! Lula off to a great start",
">\n\nHer former job was running for president every four years and ending in eight place with 1% of the vote.",
">\n\nBetter then you would do if you ran.",
">\n\nOuch",
">\n\nSo next to each other we see the news of a fascist ruling in Israel and a socialist ruling in Brazil. The world switched back and forth.",
">\n\n\na socialist ruling in Brazil\n\nr/SocialismIsCapitalism",
">\n\nLula's party is filled with socialists though",
">\n\nJesse what the fuck are you talking about",
">\n\nAssassination imminent",
">\n\nNot how it works here. \nShe's not just a random activist, she's a minister. Even if she gets killed, Lula will appoint another person to keep doing the same work. It's not like killing her would lead into the whole Amazon to instantly burn, or as if there wouldnt be no one to do thst task. \nHer interest in protecting the environment is shared by many, and others will keep keep doing it. Brazil has over 200m people.",
">\n\nYeah, I'm counting the days till Lula betrays her like he did last time.",
">\n\nBare minimum requirements met",
">\n\nWhy does the Brazilian government need to get involved in saving Jeff Bezos' property?",
">\n\nPlease tell me your stupid and didnt red the article before I continue what I was gong to say",
">\n\nWant to try that sentence again?\nIf Amazon can buy a rainforest, it should be their responsibility to protect it, not the Brazilian government.",
">\n\nTell me your stupid without telling me your stupid = ✅\nThanks for the confirmation mate lol",
">\n\nI think you meant you're stupid, not your stupid.",
">\n\nWas Really trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but since your posts read like a crazy lady who’s only job is to look at birds and make weird comments like she might marry one while living in a under privileged state. You’ve made it impossible now",
">\n\nAt least I can type out a coherent sentence :)",
">\n\nGreat so the paper companies will just cockblock their efforts until another dictator wannabe gets elected",
">\n\nAt least take a small moment to appreciate what he is doing to save what he can before your snarky comments",
">\n\n\"Lula\" LULE",
">\n\nDo not support kleptocracies, boycott Brazil products !!! #brazilkleptocracy",
">\n\nThat's crazy... I didn't know Amazon had a football team. Also, why is a football player qualified to be an environmental minister?",
">\n\nFuck Bezos and Amazon. Nobody should defend them.",
">\n\nLol it's defending the rainforest bro, but your comment made me lol"
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The incident appears to have happened within the last several days, during extremely cold weather, outside of the Triple S Food Mart on Foster Drive in Baton Rouge.
What kind of person does this? And only gets a misdemeanor summons.
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This is typical behavior of "good christians" in the US. Governor Abbott sent children in t-shirts to DC during the artic storm of a lifetime. This is what christians refer to as "spreading the word" and the work of a "benevolent" god.
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