Reading an article titled "Why didn't Brazilian democracy die?" and a key part of the story is a Supreme Court that actually did its job
Brasil has competing, multiple centres of power (not only two parties), gerrymander-proof electoral districts (the electoral system is neutral and hard to corrupt), 3-level federalism, a modern, non-archaic constitution which can be amended regularly, and so on.
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yeah it's pretty insane to compare a country like that to a flaming dumpster fire like the US
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helps that it's actually designed to prevent ending up in a dictatorship since Brazil had just gotten rid of one when it was written
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A modern, adult country
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yeah, until 10 years ago and the rise of Bolsonarismo, whenever we discussed threats to democracy, they were always at the socioeconomic level; wealthy interests buying politicians, governments using targeted investments to buy voters, and so on. the electoral system itself is rock solid.
