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Originally Posted by michaelbush
and a Brasilian friend/ client said that nobody gets accepted for candidacy unless they agree to eat from the same trough (at least that is a rough translation). He said it is therefore almost impossible to stop the corruption which Brasilians accept in silence. Election votes can be bought locally for the price of a can of beer and a free party.
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That doesn't sound too different to party politics in most countries to me.
I remember an election at university for a student council representative that was won with free beer and a party, it was a good party as well
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