According to political scientist Cecília Olivieri, there is a direct correlation between overall success and promotion of land reform for nineteenth century societies, i.e. societies which promoted land reform have more equality, social justice, etc.
Which helps explain why Brazil is such a champion at inequality, lack of social justice, and those other wonderful indicators we have upside down: we've never promoted land reform (actually, one of the reasons for the '64 coup was the mere mention of such reform by our then-president João Goulart), and our rural elite continues to shit on the idea.
Luckily, our Agriculture Ministry has its priorities straight and through its official gazette shall let the world know what the guidelines for our famous caipirinha drink are. That's right, people, Brazil still has landless peasants, a quasi-guerrila in the southeast of the state of Pará, quasi-paramilitary squads wrecking havoc across states such as the one just mentioned, but the world can now know just how a caipirinha should be made. Officially.
The New York club scene must be thrilled.
Which helps explain why Brazil is such a champion at inequality, lack of social justice, and those other wonderful indicators we have upside down: we've never promoted land reform (actually, one of the reasons for the '64 coup was the mere mention of such reform by our then-president João Goulart), and our rural elite continues to shit on the idea.
Luckily, our Agriculture Ministry has its priorities straight and through its official gazette shall let the world know what the guidelines for our famous caipirinha drink are. That's right, people, Brazil still has landless peasants, a quasi-guerrila in the southeast of the state of Pará, quasi-paramilitary squads wrecking havoc across states such as the one just mentioned, but the world can now know just how a caipirinha should be made. Officially.
The New York club scene must be thrilled.
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