Brazil Election - 5 October 2014

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On the subject of Brazil, a famous (hilarious, brilliant, etc) attack on Brasilia.

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Modernist architects believed that architecture had the power to transform humanity for the better; that you could create utopia by designing the right kinds of buildings, because (they believed) rational built environments would result inevitably in rational behavior from the people who lived in them, and so society would progress. Le Corbusier was a particularly articulate and enthusiastic/fanatical example, and was thus extremely influential.

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The explanation is that it's Brazil.

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I wonder how PT and Dilma justify to themselves and their supporters how the market has reacted these last few weeks.

I don't think they have to.

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You couldn't call Dilma perfect, but this is still a pleasing outcome.