21 sats \ 2 replies \ @freebookspls OP 1 Sep \ parent \ on: X (Twitter) Banned and Starlink assets seized in Brazil by Supreme Justice Order news
It's an act of aggression, for sure. But calling it "an act of economic war" is too much. Stuff get arbitrarily seized all the time, it's not enough to start a war.
You could use a VPN, yes. But in case your PC or smartphone gets seized by the government, you are in trouble. Other than that, it is very difficult for the government to track VPN usage. You would need to be under investigation and the government would request your browsing history to your Internet Provider. I think Tor would be the safe option, but I'm not sure.
The main app stores hide VPN apps from their catalog if your IP is from Brazil.
But would you go for the trouble of using VPN if most people you followed are not there anymore? Most will not. People are trying Threads (ew) and Bluesky (lesser ew) and Mastodon.
The biggest issue normies found was the loss of community in a known platform that has been used for more than a decade.
They seized starlink's financial assets that were under the custody of brazilian banks.
Starlink can't expand their operations in Brazil because they have no money to pay for stuff and have no hopes of ever having their money back.
I have no info on whether or not their customers are being serviced, I think they are, but I can't confirm.
tl;dr: It's a mix of political complications, general culture and fear.
The Supreme Court have too much power right now. And they are using their power to maintain their status.
The political processes needed to remove those judges are very unlikely to happen because the Senators and Deputies fear backlash from the Supreme Court. The Judiciary Power can even seize assets you don't have. Recently a Senator got something around USD$10 million seized by the Justice System. Does he have all that? No. He has something close to a quarter million dollars in assets, but any assets he may eventually receive will be seized immediatelly.
Brazil has more Law Schools than the rest of the world combined and it emits more Law degrees yearly than any other country in the world. Judges, Lawyers, Attorneys, Law operators are highly respected and feared people among the general population.
These power plays (Do you know who you're talking to?) are expected from people in higher positions. This illegal orders look like tuesday to the avegare brazilian: just another powerful player playing with power
There's books that are collections of poems from several authors, you could look for them. I'd recommend starting with classics and then find out what pleases you most.
The list bellow is also a good starting point, in my opinion. Don't feel bad if you don't get them or find some poems boring, just take note of the authors you like and read more stuff from them.
Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas
I think about this poem almost every week since I first read it. The first line is the most haunting. Do not seek an easy life, do not go without a fight, you must struggle.
The third line is poweful too:
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
But the first one is the one that speaks the most to me
Have you read "How to fail at almost everything and still win big : kind of the story of my life", by Scott Adams?
It's hard to defend monopoly when you have 3 companies accused of the same monopoly.
The investigations, I think, have more to do with governments trying to tame this new tech in their favor than creating a competitive industry.
You know you could see beach volley instead of using AI to disfigure those athletes, right?
wait... is it all AI?