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Pilantrologo t1_j2dcsgk wrote

Reply to comment by ThaneKyrell in Brazil will have first Indigenous woman chief for key post by sparkblue

> they are there because of politics. Not because they are the best choices

And I never said they were the best choices. Meritocracy isn't about nominating the crème de la crème from each area. It's about choice based on achievement and ability.

Of course politics play a role. But what is about to happen is far, pretty fucking far from what Bolsonaro did to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Family, Education and Environment, just to name a few.

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ThaneKyrell t1_j2dk0l0 wrote

I agree that his ministers are WAY better than Bolsonaro's ministers. However, they are not the best possible choices, and some of them are outright bad. Let's not pretend like Lula has only chosen the best. Haddad for example is a terrible name for the economics minister, and he was only chosen because Lula and the Worker's Party wants him as a successor. Most economists didn't like him being chosen at all (personally, I think Haddad should've been education minister)

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