Brazil: the troubled rise of a global power

[@UTKETCHUP]

"Brazil is not for beginners." This phrase exactly sums up the Brazil lore all the time.

[@estelasantos1917]

❤❤❤

[@robertdefariasmafort7704]

"Brazilians should be studied by nasa" should be in the video too, them we would be summed to perfection.

[@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876]

In civ terms, if the US is easy mode, Brazil is hard mode, the Geography alone is a harder barrier for development.

[@gregoriomariano5070]

Brazil is absurdly rich, one of the biggest economies on earth. It is already a major global player. People confuse the HDI and average conditions of living with the wealth of a country. Brazil is not burundi dude

[@matheussanthiago9685]

​@@gregoriomariano5070 so is india, south africa and China Non of which are developed, and the average citizen still gets fuck on a daily for not being born into a rich family

[@brp361]

Brazil will do everything it can to ensure Brazil doesn't.

[@kosiski]

Corrupt politicians will do everything they can to ensure Brazil doesn’t.

[@muslimresponse103]

until western neo-imperialism ends, no country can succeed.

[@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323]

Yup, Corruption, history of military coups, rebels turned in gangs etc..

[@phoenix5054]

As a Filipino, I must say, count us in!

[@estelasantos1917]

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[@LiiMuRi]

I lived and worked in Brazil for a couple of years. The country has so much promise, but it gets wasted due to corruption. They have everything they need, including a lot of sun and wind that could turn the country into a renewable energy heaven. I hope all the best to the Brazilian people, not to just turn into another superpower, but into a real country of the future.

[@VincitOmniaVeritas7]

We already have a lot of hydropower: clean and renewable. The thing with solar and wind in Brazil is that the majority of people don’t live near the areas where those type of energy are cost-effective in large scale. There’s only a slither of territory in the Northeast region where wind power makes sense. Solar energy makes sense on an individual scale (I myself have it on my roof) but, solar “farms” like Arizona won’t work where is sunny because almost no one lives in the Caatinga and the Cerrado (tropical savannah).

[@Neli-bs4mq]

This idea of renewable energy is exploitative. To try to spoil a country's natural habitat to make money is wrong.

[@Willowy13]

Brazil is a communist dictatorship run by criminals everywhere. The fate of this country is to be a new Venezuela unless God has mercy on us.

[@Daniellima-md6wo]

@@VincitOmniaVeritas7 what about water energy? Lots of rain here

[@edinonjunio]

@@VincitOmniaVeritas7 LOTS of people live in the Cerrado though, the reason solar farms wouldn't work in the Cerrado is that the area needed for installation of sollar pannels is already used for actual crop farming and livestock raising, which is far more profitable and is already stabilished as the backbone of the region's economy. Also, most parts of the biome that aren't used for agriculture or the mining industry are national parks and state parks.

[@onix5491]

It's not gonna be easy It's gonna be Brazil level of difficulty

[@elephantman2112]

Not for beginners.

[@visassess8607]

It's a skill issue lmao

[@domingoiocco8183]

​@@visassess8607 Quite literally

[@gregoriomariano5070]

Brazil is absurdly rich, one of the biggest economies on earth. It is already a major global player. People confuse the HDI and average conditions of living with the wealth of a country. Brazil is not burundi dude

[@gregoriomariano5070]

​@@r.mariano8118 there is no arguing there, but i don't think being an international superpower is or has ever been a Brazilian geopolitical goal. Theoretically yes, but there is no real reason for that to happen. The elites are very rich and well established, brazil is big and rich enough for them not to have any further ambitions. Brazil is so absurdly rich in every possible way that developing industry is unnecessary other than for internal consumption. Remember thart standards of living for most of the population are not being put in that equation lol

[@azahel542]

As a Brazilian, I say that the country always had the potential, it has the ingredients. But let's face it, it will never happen.

[@DJ1573]

Not in its current form

[@cyberpunkprussian]

Não com a nossa classe política. Somente uma mudança drástica e um corte radical de gastos nos traria uma chance.

[@szymonbaranowski8184]

I think you deserve a polish citizenship. The same level of realism 😂 actually I would prefer more people like you here God bless Kurityba, polish community in Brasil. And I hope they will be most loyal to their country Brasil.

[@azahel542]

​@@cyberpunkprussian pois é, tem como acontecer, mas não acho realista, os esforços necessarios nunca serão feitos e se fossem teria oposição, e se não tivesse oposição, os efeitos a curto prazo iam ser demais e ninguém ia apoiar por tempo suficiente. Só um milagre muda o Brasil.

[@Junokaii]

Brazil is aging too fast to be a world power I think.

[@fabiofaria4243]

Putting aside the issue of the Amazon rainforest, which I covered in my prior remark, I would like to add that the regionalism that you have mentioned is absolutely normal everywhere, not only in Brazil. To illustrate this point, there is an old German joke. A German couple living in Bavaria wanted to have a child but the woman could not bear a child, then they decided to adopt a baby and they went to an adoption center to ask for a baby, but they made a demand: they insisted that the baby had to be black. And the officials at the adoption center reasoned that the couple was white, typically German, so, why on Earth they wanted to have a black baby? And the German replied: "just to make sure he isn't Prussian!". There is regionalism in the USA, and certainly there is regionalism in all Andean countries. You take the example of Bolivia. The Bolivian part which is in one side (west) of the Andes is completely different from the Bolivian part which is in the other (east) of the country. So, regionalism is not a problem per se and most certainly is not a problem in Brazil. You have mentioned that Brazil is an exporter of commodities and you give me the impression that this is a negative thing, i.e., that it is not a good thing to be an exporter of commodities, something which is, say, typical of third world and poor countries. This is far from true. The richest country on Earth, the US, is a great commodities exporter. Canada is a great commodities exporter. The most important export product of Finland is wood (a commodity). And Australia owes its very rich economy exclusively, solely, based on the exports of commodities. So, there is nothing wrong in being an exporter of raw materials, minerals, food, and animal protein. Much to the contrary. And you have not realized, or detected, and I think so far most observers outside Brazil have equally failed to note the really tsunamic changes that are happening in Brazil right now, which are indeed game changers. These really tsunamic changes which are happening right now are as follows: (A) The Brazilian northeastern semi-arid region. This area is equivalent to 1,6 million square kilometers, representing 18,25% of Brazil's total area, and it harbors 57 million inhabitants, or 27% of Brazil's total population. This huge area, equivalent to say, three Texas, is by far the poorest area of Brazil with truly African sub-Saharan standards. And this area have always been the poorest area of Brazil due to two factors: the first one is the terrible slavery heritage. All the slaves that the Portuguese introduced into Brazil during 3 centuries, went to that region, and despite the fact that Brazil abolished slavery in 1888, understandably the bulk of the Brazilian northeastern population, descending from those African slaves, are the least educated portion of the Brazilian society (and this has nothing to do with some sort of racial prejudice. They have very poor education because they are many millions and because good education is a very expensive commodity which demands a very slow return, that is, you have to invest a lot of money first to start harvesting results only two or three generations later. But Brazil is slowly tackling this huge challenge as well, it is just a matter of time and that education inequality will disappear). But the other reason for the extreme poverty of the Brazilian northeastern region was the permanent draught of the area, which prevented an adequate use of the land to produce riches. We have already solved this multisecular problem. Brazil has just finished building a set of canals bringing in the waters of a big river named São Francisco, in a huge engineering work, building more than 1000 km of canals, and creating huge artificial lakes where before you only had draught-stricken and unproductive land. And we have built small hydroelectric plants in such lakes to provide the power to the boosters that have to overcome differences in altitude to take the waters of the São Francisco river to those lakes, and then to provide energy to the neighboring cities, and we have populated those artificial lakes with fish, and that fish will become an extra cheap and nutritious food source for that population. And now, for the first time in centuries, that huge area will no longer suffer from lack of water, and so, those 18,25% of the Brazilian territory will begin to produce more grain, more food, and they most certainly will increase the overall volume of Brazilian food exports. This is a real game-changer. (B) The Brazilian northeastern semi-arid region (which will no longer be semi-arid) will have a net of railway serving that area. This is the "Ferrovia Transnordestina", which is being built, and more than 50% of it has already been finished, which will link the hinterland of the northeastern region to the Atlantic ports, providing cheap, competitive transportation. This railway is not yet finished, but more than 50% of it has been finished and it is just a matter of time and the other 50% will be finished. And that will be another game changer. (C) The Ferrovia Norte-Sul. That railway has already been completed. It is a railway linking the Northeastern states down to the Southeastern states, crossing the whole Brazilian territory from North to South (hence its name), with 5.500 km of extension, and this railway is already exercising a huge impact in the Brazilian logistics, because it is reducing transportation costs and that will produce a very favorable impact in the overall Brazilian economy. Again: this is a real game changer. (D) There are 5 other big railways which are being built and I am not going to mention them all because it will be too long to do so, but these 5 other big railways will also be game-changers. (E) We are building two TRANSPACIFIC roads simultaneously. One of them will link Brazil directly to 3 Peruvian Pacific ports (and this road is nearly completed already) and another one linking Brazil to 3 Chilean ports (this is also in an advanced stage of construction). These two Transpacific roads will completely change the game, because the Brazilian Midwest (which is possibly the biggest granary of the planet) is much closer to the Pacific than it is to the Atlantic, so when these two Transpacific roads are finished (and they will soon be finished), most of the grain and animal protein produced in the Brazilian midwest will be exported by the Pacific, which will cut prices down and will reduce the total lead time to China by 15 days. So, in the next 10 years, most likely than not, Brazil will double its current GDP and it will keep growing.

[@GAarcher]

Meu deus o miserável é a porra de um gênio

[@nein236]

One thing, what do you mean Germans are TYPICALLY white? We are ONLY white. And while they are certainly a lot of bavarian "nationalists", nowadays there are quite a few bavarians that embrace being german more, including myself.

[@iforget6940]

Dude that geat happy for you guyz

[@ATRAlpha]

So, in the next 10 years, most likely than not, Brazil will double its current GDP and it will keep growing. Isso contando que o atual presidente não vai explodir o país no meio do caminho porque tá cada dia mais difícil.

[@fabiofaria4243]

@@ATRAlpha Rapaz!!!!! Essa possibilidade (que existe) me tira o sono. Mas acho mais provável que quem vai dançar seja o larápio vagabundo e analfabeto e o seu partido criminoso. A razão porque a esquerda conseguiu tomar o poder em Cuba, na Venezuela, na Nicarágua, na Rússia (em 1917), na Coreia do Norte, na China em 1948, é porque ela sempre tomou o poder em países pobres, não industrializados, mono-exportadores de commodities, sem um sistema financeiro eficiente contando com banqueiros podres de ricos e com uma classe de comerciantes e ruralistas poderosos. Veja você o caso de nosso país vizinho, a Venezuela, um país que nunca produziu sequer papel higiênico, que evidentemente não tinha um sistema financeiro sólido, com banqueiros ricos, com uma classe ruralista poderosa, com uma classe de industriais poderosos, com uma classe de comerciantes poderosos. É por isso que chega um semi-alfabetizado qualquer, como foi o caso do Hugo Chavez, vai lá e toma o poder daquele imenso botequim e não tem ninguém poderoso para protestar. O Brasil é um país sui generis porque ele tem uma população pobre (ainda, mas isso vai mudar nas próximas décadas, estou convicto disso que é ainda uma consequência da escravidão que vigeu no país durente 75% de toda a nossa história e ninguém consegue reparar os imensos danos socioeconômicos provocados pelo regime escravocrata em apenas 25% da nossa história. Isso é impossível, e não aconteceu nem aqui e nem nos EUA, que são o país mais rico do mundo e eles também estão longe de terem resolvido os problemas causados pela escravidão), mas é um país imensamente rico, poderoso. O povo pode ser pobre (ainda...) mas o estado brasileiro é muito rico, muito forte (que nunca foi o caso desses outros países). O Brasil tem um sistema financeiro de primeiro mundo, sofisticadíssimo (os executivos de bancos americanos e europeus que são transferidos para as suas filiais brasileiras chegam aqui pensando que eles vem para ensinar, e invariavelmente eles descobrem que eles vieram para cá para aprenderem finanças), o nosso Banco Central é um dos melhores do mundo, temos uma bolsa de valores e de commodities que está entre as mais eficientes e respeitadas do mundo. Os nossos bancos estão abarrotados de dinheiro. O Brasil é autossuficiente em energia, e ele tem um leque de opções energéticas que pouquíssimos países pode dispor. O Brasil resolveu o problema da falta d´água no Nordeste (esse é um feito histórico de proporções tsunâmicas), ele possui uma classe ruralista extremamente poderosa (que sempre será antipetista e anti-Lula por definição), uma classe poderosíssima de banqueiros, de comerciantes e de industriais, todos eles muito poderosos. Os outros países terceiro-mundistas não possuem essa constelação de força que existe na sociedade brasileira. Ou seja, independentemente de quem vai ocupar o Palácio do Planalto, o cara que chega lá tem que negociar tudo com todos vinte e quatro horas por dia 365 dias por ano. E nenhum sujeito que vai ocupar o Palácio do Planalto possui poder para passar por cima de toda essa constelação de gente muito poderosa. Por isso que eu acho (peço à Deus todas as noites, porque é bom a gente pedir a ajuda do Alto sempre) que o Lula e o PT não vão conseguir afundar o Brasil. E tem também três outros fatores que complicam a vida do cachaceiro: ele está 21 anos mais velho, hoje em dia uma parcela considerável da sociedade brasileira sabe muito bem quem ele é e quem é o PT, e tem a guerra na Ucrânia. Ou seja, é por isso que acho mais provável que o Lula e o PT dancem e não o Brasil....

[@masonm600]

"Brazil is the country of the future, and always will be" This quote dates back to at least the 80s, and the sentiment to the 50s.

[@zolandia5262]

Stefan Zweig in about 1942 I think

[@ArturVarejao]

From the 40s. Brazil is much better today than it was in the 40s, the 80s

[@MoabOliveira11]

Bro, everytime I hear it I immediatly say it's not our country but Canada. Because Canada has the 2rd largest land area, a lot of OIL, natural gas, and futurely (a few centuries ahead) them north lands will be cultivable. Look, I dont even mentioned that they are receiving highly skilled immigrants. So I'm 100% sure they gonna be the next superpower. The real "Future's Country".

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Brazil is a 🍌 republic. It was and it will be forever. ❤ to you. 🍌 flavor.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@MoabOliveira11 Fake news.

[@CarthagoMike]

If there is one thing history has taught me, it is that land mass size alone does not define a superpower.

[@LCTesla]

land mass and population just gives a nation's government more responsibilities and Brazil can already not shoulder its current ones

[@bigpopsgg2429]

I mean it definitely helps. I would even class it as essential.

[@merlijnbazuine5075]

The 17th century Dutch happily agree!

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@merlijnbazuine5075 then it conquered east indies and become big. it just proves that size does equal power.

[@vargvikernes8357]

It s not 100% size but maybe 90%. The US, USSR, British Empire, China, India are huge. It depends also on the quality, Canada and Australia are full of tundras and deserts

[@antonioanacleto1415]

Brazil is a rare phenomenon in the history of humanity. From north to south, no matter how many racial and ethnic differences there may be, all peoples have the same patriotic identity, speak the same language, share the same history and have a series of common characteristics that make up a nation. This is very difficult to happen in big countries.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

It is a big 💩.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@erosguerra6283]

That's not true.

[@joseluispcr]

Compared to other countries this is true. Not that we dont have minorities like the indigenous groups. But they are so few. In other contries you would get a lot of people speaking diferent languages like in us and canada where espanish is a big thing. Of course nothing is 100% but in brazil is realy close

[@armandopentium]

The leftist minister who said: "an election is not won, it is taken", was to interfere in another power so that the vote would not be printed, which would guarantee transparency in the elections. And there? Would you believe in an auction organized by Bolsonaro's enemies who did not allow the vote to be printed in order to audit the ballot boxes in case of suspected fraud? And these ministers had already scheduled a meeting in the USA months before the election to discuss the "!new government of 2023". O ministro esquerdista que disse : " eleição não se vence, se toma" , foi interferir em outro poder para que não tivesse o voto impresso, que garantiria a transparência nas eleições. E ai? Você acreditaria em uma leição organizada por inimigos do Bolsonaro que não deixaram ter o voto impressoa para fazer uma auditoria nas urnas em caso de suspeita de fraude? E esses ministros já tinha marcado meses antes da eleição uma reunuão nos EUA para discutirem sobre o "!novo governo de 2023".

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

Countries of the world, fear not. We Brazilians will never let this happen.

[@clmk28]

😂good one

[@SnakingIvY]

Love the pessimism

[@pranavingale6850]

Even if it happens why will the world fear you, you ain't china 🇮🇳❤️🇧🇷

[@pplord3170]

@@SnakingIvY but it’s true lmao

[@newshot3191]

​@@pranavingale6850why would the world fear china? It's brazil main partner... Unless, u only hear half the things ...

[@naervern2107]

The trade agreement between Mercosur and EU had a lot more in depth than the Amazonian situation. It's widely spoken about Macron's protectionism of the French agribusiness playing a much bigger role and being considered the major reason for the deal being broken

[@oneing4206]

Interesting

[@elephantman2112]

Some of Bolsonaro's goons also talked smack about Macron's wife, too.

[@condotiero860]

no way, france cant feed itself and europe without subsidies. brazil is already a large food exporter, but its expensive. i can imagine a timeline, where both can export as much as they want, and brazilians starve.

[@jackyex]

​@@elephantman2112 they had a point to be honest

[@duckpotat9818]

​@@condotiero860 that'll basically never happen, Brazil produces enough to satisfy domestic demand even with it's 'leftover' exports. If Brazil covid export to Europe in bulk then they would sell at a lower price per unit food than now

[@caiolugal]

As a Brazilian who is obsessed with early Brazilian history (before the 19th century, including pre-colonial times), my reading is that geography is definetely the main culprit for Brazil's problems. Much more than any other issue. There is corruption, social inequality and political problems? Certainly, but even many of these can very easily be traced back to geographical problems. Reading old historical documents and archeological studies makes this very clear. 1) The tremendous dificulty with which the colonizers conquered the interior of the country is a great demonstration of that. It took a very long time to transpose the grand encarpment (the mountains in our coast) and reach the interior. It's important to note that this is not just some mountains, that can be traversed by a valley. This is a steep elevation in the terrain by about 800-1000 meters, covered in thick tropical jungle. Not only terribly hard to physicaly transpose and build roads, but also very defensible by native peoples; 2) Tropical diseases also inflicted a tremendous death toll. Old documents can often feel like horror stories, and the Portuguese didn't know why so many maladies were afflicting them, and theorized that demonic forces were at play in the land. Literaly, at some point, jesuits started believing that after the conquest of Europe by christianity the Devil had fled across the ocean to Brazil. So we were literaly the last stronghold of the Devil. Some native tribes practicing canibalism helped to contribute to this theory; 3) The infertility of the soil, even in coastal areas, made it very hard to increase the population size of the settlements. The only things that could be grown well were sugarcane and cotton, but you don't feed a society with those. They also require huge amount of labour, which was the reason for importing so many slaves. You could feed them poorly and work them to death. The fact that Portugal had a much smaller population than other colonial powers also made it hard to export a lot of settlers. 4) The same difficulties can be seen in pre-colonial times. Most indigenous peoples in Brazil belong to one of two linguistic groups: tupi-guarani or jê. Jê tribes had an older settlement in the country, and at one point dominated almost all of the Brazilian territory. Tupi-guarani tribes originated from the Southern Amazon, and at some point in history started migrating. They followed two direction: one South, following the Paraguay river, going to the Southern coast of Brazil (actually they reached very near Buenos Aires, in Argentina), and then going up the coast; the others migrated North through the Amazon river, then went all the way around Brazil, following the coastline. The two migrations eventually met around a region in the South of the state of São Paulo. As they migrated, they fought the Jê tribes, winning and pushing them out of the coast, and into the Brazilian highlands. But except for some exceptions, they mostly didn't go up the highlands themselves. It was also very hard for them to transpose the grand encarpment, mainly when there were other peoples trying to defend and push them back. Most of the exceptions are tribes that came from the migration that went South, through the Paraguay river, and entered the highlands from behind, thus not having to transpose the grand encarpment. Also, because of the poor soil, none of these tribes could ever increase their population density by much, unlike Andean civilizations; 5) To compound of that, the Northeastern region of Brazil is a semi-arid environment, prone to periodic droughts. While it is not in the drought period, it is habitable, even if still a very harsh environment. Since the droughts tend to take a considerable time to happen, people end up settling there. When the drought comes, there was always a humanitarian catastrophe. There is literally documents from the very begining of the colonization of Brazil documenting native tribes fleeing the drought en masse, all severely undernourished and dehydrated. If the region was an actual desert, people just wouldn't go there. But as it was habitable is a cyclical pattern, it always ended up attracting people, just to trap them. 6) All these difficulties in settling made Portugal give way too much power to some colonizers who were crazy enough to undertake the task. These led to huge concentration of land and political power, which obviously led to nepotism and corruption. Now, despite all that, I think it's import to note other things. Much is said in geopolitical circles about how crappy Brazil's geography is. And I definetely don't dispute that. But I think the reading tends to be incomplete. First, most geographical analyses of Brazil by geopolitical analysts tend to completely ignore the geography of the North of Brazil, except for mentioning the Amazon forest. This is problably because most geopolical analysts problably look at tropical forest regions and automatically thing they are completely useless and just don't bother to look into more detail. Also, they seem to think the La Plata river basin is the only thing that matters in Brazil. And while the La Plata river basin was definetely the most important during most of history, by not looking at the details of the geography of Brazil they are missing a lot of things that can be complete gamechangers. I tend to use a game analogy to say that Brazil is a terrible early and middle game civilization. It's just terrible to kickstart it due to the enourmous geographical problems. But it can actually be a fantastic late game civilization, after some of the investments and research results start to kick in. Let me make my case: 1) Due to Brazil's infertile lands, for most of our history we were net food importers. Now, we are one of the biggest players in agribusiness, and growing. What changed? In the middle of the last century our government, completely angered by the fact that we had so much land, but it was almost useless, took the right decision. They made up a team of specialists and told them to devise a long term strategic plan for the development of agriculture in Brazil. And so they did. The plan resulted in the creation of a state company called Embrapa, which is basically an agricultural science research institution. It basically coordinated the whole agricultural development process of Brazil, in partnership with universities and industries. The results were the creation of several terraforming techniques for Brazilian soil, several biotechnological techniques, and several artifically selected and transgenic crops adapted to our environment. As a result, after the results of these investments and research paid off, we quickly became one of the worlds biggest players in agribusiness. Some people counter saying that our agriculture has high costs because it needs terraforming. Well, that's not entirely true. Terraforming certainly adds to the costs, but other things detract from it. First, because of our climate, we have year round harvest. We are not limited by winter. Second, some of this agricultural research led to the creation of low cost techniques that greatly improve the productivity of our farms. Third, constant improvement of crops through scientific research is permanently increasing yields. Last time I checked a cost comparison for our agriculture with the USA, our cost were actually lower, despite more fertilizer use and transport costs. To add to that, despite our lands being naturally bad, we do have the largest amount of potentially arable land in the world. So our potential for expansion is no where near it's limit. 2) Our rivers flow inward...true, for the La Plata river, which is all most people care about. The São Francisco river flows to the coast, and is the main river in the Northeast of Brazil. The Araguaia and Tocantins rivers also flow to the coast, to the North of Brazil, in a huge natural harbor, in the city of Belém. The is also a lot of minor but very significant rivers. Now, for most of our history, the economic potential of these rivers were very small, since the São Francisco river goes through the semi-arid regions in the Northeast, and the Araguaia and Tocantins rivers go through the cerrado. Since these two lands were basically barren, the fact that they flowed to the coast had little importance, so we ended up making dams to generate hydro power. But now the cerrado is an agricultural powerhouse, and growing constantly. Locks are being built to transpose the dams we put in these rivers in the past. We also need to destroy some rock formations at one point, that block navigation. Once everything is done, most of our agribusiness will be able to export through navigable rivers to the coast, to a huge natural harbour. It will be like the mississipi river for us. There is no grand encarpment in the North of Brazil. The coast there is perfectly flat, and with lost of natural harbours. It just wasn't economically viable in the past. But it has become so after we learned to terraform our country. About the São Francisco river...(CONTINUES IN THE COMMENTS)

[@caiolugal]

3) The São Francisco river, which dominates the Northeast of Brazil, will also have a completely different role in the future. Its use was limited, because those lands were unproductive, due to very low rain. Ironically, it is precisely the low amount of rain that makes the soil in the Northeast not that bad actually, since it is rain that destroys the fertility in tropical soils. However, in the first Lula presidential term, he initiated a project that had an almost legendary status in Brazil: the transposition of the São Francisco river. The idea to transpose the waters of the São Francisco river to irrigate agriculture in the Brazilian semi-arid region is more than a century old, but at first it was impossible from an engineering perspective (the terrain is terriblly complicated). Then it became possible but extremely costly. Then is became possible and payable, but it lacked someone with the political will to do it. Finally, he decided to do it. It was a huge project, and took more than 10 years to complete, but it is finally complete. With it, irrigated agriculture in the region is feasible, and is already improving. That's a huge chunck of land in Brazil that had very little economic activity due to lack of water, but is now in the game. It will take decades for the effects to fully develop, but it's already a reality. Ironically, one of our most fertile lands in the future will be the one that was one of our worst in the past due to lack of water; 4) All the 3 main Brazilian river basins (La Plata, São Francisco and Araguaia-Tocantins - with this last actually being a part of the Amazon river basin) get relatively close together around the region of Brasília, our capital. This is not a coincidence. Brasília's position was chosen precisely to be in the middle of the three. For a long time there has been another legendary project: joining the three river basins though a series of cannals. This is know as the Moraes Plan, named after the engineer who proposed it. It is completely feasible to join the three river basins though a series of cannals around the region of Brasília. This would create the largest network of navigable rivers in the world, with a nexus around Brasília, in the center of the Brazilian highlands. Someone producing there would have the option of sending goods or commodities to all the corners of Brazil, or to its neighbours. An extension to the plan, with a cannal linking the Paraguay and Madeira rivers all the way to the Orinoco river in Venezuela is also possible. So, while our rivers were not very advantageous in the begining of Brazil, after worked properly, we can actually have the largest network of navigable rivers in the world; 5) Many of the problems of Brazilian geography were and are due to the fact that a lot of things are exported, or go to cities that are in the coast. Therefore, requiring the transposition of the grand encarpment. However, Brazilians are largely migrating to the interior of the country. As this progress continues, and the Brazilian consumer markets improves, less things will need to go to the coast and transpose the grand encarpment. Most of our interior is flat, and with plenty of navigable rivers. So our geographical setup was not good for exporting and supplying coastal cities, which is obviously very important in the begining, but becomes progressively less important as we colonize the interior more densely. There are many other things I'd like to say, but it's become long enough. In short, I think a thorough analysis of Brazilian geography shows that it is definetely really bad as an early or mid game civilization, but with time, after it's been shaped, it can actually be amazingly good. We still need work to make some of these things come through, but we already beat many of these challanges. Many people in Brazil are not aware of these things, but there is a lot of very detailed and amazing studies and plans made by the government and by academia. Some people think they are very smart and know everything, and that whoever is in power is corrupt and is not interested in developing the country. There is a typical cynicism that I see in some people that makes me profoundly irritated. It's not to say that there is no corruption and some people who should not be in power due to being incompetent. Some politicians in our history definetely made bad choices, but this happens in other places as well. But whenever I think about something and ask why it has not been done yet I go and search for it. Invariably I find amazing studies from government branches and academia, and find out that this has been extensively discussed, and is already being carried out, and what isn't usually has reasonable reasons why it is not being carried out. The more I read the more I admire all the people who have put their minds to work to solve the gargantuan problems our geography poses, and that have been beating it throughout history, with a speed proportional to the size of the challanges.

[@campbellblock3061]

Bro dropped a whole research essay in the comments. Very interesting to read though

[@mertzanakia]

Thanks for sharing all that knowledge! Do you have a personal blog?

[@Iklim-2050]

Omgggg bro. İ want to meet with you personally. Please give me an instagram or something

[@Wxyz2001]

That was amazing. I'm astonished. Thx u so much.

[@andrefigueredo34]

To understand Brazil you only need to look at two men: Thomas Jefferson and José Bonifácio de Andrade Both were instrumental in their respective countries independence, both were renowned scholars with multiple skills. The key difference is that Jefferson was educated in the colony of Virginia whereas Bonifácio had to go to Europe to receive a proper education. Brazil had its first printing press 400 years after it was invented and its first college 200 years after Yale and Harvard were founded and 300 years after the University of Mexico was chartered, while the world was discovering enlightened ideas, we bought smuggled books from the british. We were the last western country to outlaw slavery, and since the portuguese forbid manufacturing when we were a colony, and later our empire created a system of licences where you had to ask for permission of the central government to create a company by 1889 we only had 630 factories. The republican government separated state and church, and removed restrictions on the creation of companies, but also exacerbated regionalism and political turmoil to the point where we are in our seventh republican constituition, amidst oligarchies, dictatorships and corrupt democracies. Our current problem is a polarized society with a total lack of leadership and a chronically corrupt government, but there is always hope, we are fighters above everything else.

[@biafra13743]

Allow Yoruba lead.

[@yarpen26]

_Brazil had its first printing press 400 years after it was invented and its first college 200 years after Yale and Harvard were founded and 300 years after the University of Mexico was chartered, while the world was discovering enlightened ideas, we bought smuggled books from the british._ To be fair, Australia had its first shot at both not that much earlier than Brazil did, all things considered.

[@ydid687]

i see so much of india in you, the "leftist" congress party sucked in matters of competence (license raj) and corruption so we got fed up and elected an even worse party who is actually more competent in looting and ruining things even worse, they literally use textbook tactics of propaganda and disenfranchisement and paid for media/ i.t. cell diatribe to polarize and ruin the country further using identity politics then proceed to hog credit of the very large groups of the same disenfranchised, frustrated apolitical populace who are now operating on auto-pilot mode proof is that 2/3rds of the country that bothers to show up to general elections every 5 years actively chooses to vote against the incumbent "intelligent and benevolent" party but the colonial-era remnant of gerrymandering ensures it doesn't the judiciary too is designed in such a way that it never or only rarely helps (another colonial era remnant which hasn't been amended thanks to the smart politicians) the deluded are now locked in a vicious cycle of driving an axe to their own limbs every election year; ever aloof, blissfully ignorant and delirious meanwhile brain drain ensues i wonder if the very core of the souls of indian people are vile and corrupt at its heart because i hold little to no hope in my fellow citizenry now

[@andrefigueredo34]

@@yarpen26 Indeed, here we say that Australia was Brazil done right, but the difference is that here the government placed every type of obstacle to progress while protecting slavery, meanwhile we spent the first 18 years after independence fighting revolts, then against other nations. Australia had a better government and less wars then we did.

[@alt1f4]

​@@andrefigueredo34 australia was literally built from the ground by the british, when they declared independence from the british their country was already developed, also australia has 25 million inhabitants and Brazil has 215 million so comparing the two doesn't make sense

[@FranciscoJG]

The Amazon rainforest preservation is even more important for Brazil because of the rain cycle. Deforestation there drops the rain levels in central-southern regions, leading to economic loss in agriculture and a collapse in urban water supply.

[@theonlylunarmage]

Deforestation is what will kill countries in the Tropics. The chase for easy cash that's brutally unsustainable

[@WellersonMendes2016]

Not only for Brazil man -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/npOWk2B3a7Z0mZo -> 04:06

[@lloydgush]

Eh....

[@StuffandThings_]

Ah, but you see that's long term thinking. Its much easier for politicians to let people just burn the forest for a few short term gains.

[@maartent9697]

@@StuffandThings_ Don't worry we in the West do that with Oil, Plastic and Tech industries dumping chemicals and micro plastics everywhere because short term profit big stonk compared to a balance and care for nature

[@jonhy.2024]

Brazil is the only country in the world which has a legislation mandating land owners to preserve a percentage of their area. This preservation percentage varies from 80% in Amazonia region to 20% at other biomas. Brazil is by far the country which more preserves land in the world. The second, far away is USA. Just to state a fact, countries like Germany have only 6% of their original forests. We feed 1.5 billion people in the wold using only 13% of our territory. Brazil is indeed a preservation power, other countries should learn from us. We have an area equivalent of the sum of countries like Germany and France, etc. just for natives and forests preservations, land untouched.

[@tube.brasil]

True.

[@geoffdb8118]

Brazil is a global power in destroying my Geoguessr streaks

[@kosiski]

That’s funny

[@estelasantos1917]

❤❤❤

[@Christiangjf]

Really? For some reason I can always tell when a sidewalk is Brazilian, they're always inexplicably wet.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

​@@Christiangjf it's a tropical country The only distinguishable season we got is rain

[@BoliceOccifer]

true

[@scottfranco1962]

The joke about Brazil, told to me by a Brazilian: God and the angels are creating creating Brazil. God says: "I'll put most of the mineral resources there, the forests, the water power, the gold, everything, into Brazil". An angel: "isn't that too much to put into one country?". God: "Don't worry. Wait until you see the people I put there...".

[@purple700raptor8]

It is not a joke It's a social critic

[@felipegindri]

Cool, imagine if the Amazon was in your country, how much of it would still left?

[@marcelloholland5874]

Classic Brazilian Joke.

[@gabrielferrer2400]

It was a paradise when the Amerindians were only the ones inhabiting Brazil. They invented terra preta which enriched their soil despite the low soil quality originally.

[@TheColombiano89]

Props to Brazil from Colombia 🇨🇴 🇧🇷 we are a nation filled with every natural resource imaginable. Only one problem. It is full of Colombians 😅

[@gouthamsudheer2080]

Es bueno ver a los colombianos burlándose de sí mismos. Sé que Colombia en los próximos 1000 años no se convertirá en una superpotencia. Al menos permita que Brasil se convierta en una superpotencia global algún día en un futuro cercano.

[@MaverickX36]

Yeah, I know the issue 😢

[@marcelogouveia9614]

Worse... our politicians are real scumbags.

[@FranzBieberkopf]

Old joke but still makes me laugh

[@matheussanthiago9685]

Brazil is the epitome of burnout gifted kid in country form All we will always have is "potential" But our upbringing, circunstmaces and environment held us back hard And now we're stuck in quarter life crisis forever

[@paulheydarian1281]

And, that's okay. It happens when it happens. Progress is a myth anyway.

[@danielkjm]

Nope, USA is always finding ways to slow down Brazil and make it its puppet.

[@muhammadadeel8639]

Brazil has faced same problems as all other Global south has i.e. Foreign interference to the point that there was no long term economic policy, Regime changes meant that economic policies changed 180 degrees leading to nothing being done. Foreign interference means no continuity in any local policy

[@SkyHighMelody]

Back from what? Pretty much everyone in countries paved over with concrete are misserable. Money won´t make you happier, it will just make you realize what you gave up to get it. Many europeans regret that.

[@SkyHighMelody]

From my perspective. A world without jungle is a hellhole and honestly, i'm pretty confused why your nation isn´t turning to tourism and specialties for economic growth. Denmark has found ways to produce commodeties, art, software and architecture as a massive economic driver. Your country has unused potential in all of these fields. You could specialize in a variety of novel fruits grown form ecological land management, sampled from the jungle. You could have grown native fruit trees in the savanna lands of the Cerrado instead of introducing western produce. It baffles me that instead of seeing potential and value you see challenges and obstacles that can only be overcome by completely ruining the landscape. You could have started your own pretrol companies instead of relying on powers like china. Your country seems to be focused on very short term profit, trapping your nation into long term decline and poverty.

[@7556wjq]

Actually, afrobrazilians account for just arround 10% of brazilian population. This 50% figure include a big array of admixture including indigenous population

[@pparisps5141]

Yes the Negros Include blacks, pardos and Indians, blacks alone are 9%, and pardos 47. The idea of making them all just one group is very stupid

[@channeler231]

53% of Brazils population is of african ancestry were there is lots of mulattoes pardos and quarteroons but still they are BLACK. Brazil has also the largest diaspora of japanese people outside of Japan arojnd 2 millon of them lives there and of Lebanese people too some 12 millon of them. So the claim that the vast matority of Brazils population is of european ancestry is utter BULLSHIT and it is only based on lies muths racial illusions pure racism and inferiority complex that most brazilians suffers from. Brazil has 54% african population 8% arabic population 9% native american population 10% inmigrant population 1% jewish population and 16% european population and we nust also take in consideration that Brazil is also the ethnically mixed country in the world were africans native americans europeans asians arabs and other hispanic inmigrants has been intermarrying each other for generations now so that too plays also a very important role in all of the equation too.

[@luana.desousa6398]

For americans if they ain't looking like scandinavians they are black

[@rafaelmoraes_]

Actually I have a hard time understanding the term "afrobrazilian" because if we count every brazilian who have african ancestry, it will be around 50% for sure (or more!!). But if we count based on whether the person look afro or not then it will be around 10%. The truth is that our country is very mixed and the majority of the population looks mixed, especially in the north and northeast.

[@pparisps5141]

@@rafaelmoraes_ exactly, every Brazilian had at least one African or European in their family. That's why those racial classifications don't work for Brazil

[@taketheleft5738]

A lot of brazilians citizens disapointed saying bad things about their own country, but i have a different opinion: If doing everything wrong we are the 12th economy in the world (in the last 100 yrs we were always among the 20 average), and in a recent past we were 6th, imagine if we decide to do the right thing just once? We have everything we need right here, patience is the key!

[@SPARTAGM]

Boa!

[@MagicMike_101]

Hahaha, the country has nothing. Education is essential, and it's far away. People cannot keep a basic English conversation. Just check this forum.

[@taketheleft5738]

@@MagicMike_101 where r u frm?

[@taketheleft5738]

@@MagicMike_101 you are probably from philadelphia, that shit where people have english spoken and high education but they really like synthetic drugs turning into zombies. By the way, China and Brics ARE coming!

[@Jonathan-ue1it]

Pesquise mais sobre autocracia

[@ilovemesomme]

Northern Brazil has some of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, I hope to visit there one day.

[@guikto15]

You are gonna get robbed unless you are rich enough so that you can stay most of the time in a resort and have security when leaving. Violence and criminality in the northeast is equivalent to Mexico's northern border. If you are lucky, the only thing they will do is rob you. Foreigners are easy targets.

[@pugnatorr]

bring your bullet proof vest

[@sainjor3932]

​@@pugnatorr vejo que vcs estão bem otimistas não é mesmo?

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@pugnatorr 👍

[@pugnatorr]

@@sainjor3932 fazer o q, norte é um lixo .. colonização portuguesa e escravo

[@felipegoes1216]

As a Brazilian forest engineer that follows Shirvan for a while now, lives in the Amazon and works with carbon projects and climate change, I'm very happy to see Brazil here in the channel! You should do more content focusing on the geopolitics of the Global South

[@widodoakrom3938]

Brazil will feed the world

[@User-jr7vf]

Ohh vc deve ser rico tanto financeiramente quanto em qualidade de vida, pois além da profissão engenheiro, ainda mora na floresta.

[@felipegoes1216]

@@User-jr7vf não sou rico, mas sei que sou absurdamente privilegiado dentro da realidade brasileira. E quanto a qualidade de vida, não tanto também, pois moro em Manaus, uma metrópole no meio da floresta

[@alexneff3512]

Thank you for doing your part to protect one of the most valuable places on Earth!

[@dinamosflams]

small issue tho the name of the channel is caspian report, not global report :v

[@joaovaz8914]

As a Brazilian, I am impressed by the good quality of the summary of our economic history. Keep up the good work!

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

My condolences.

[@armandopentium]

Here in Brazil, wherever Bolsonaro goes, he is honored by the people. Where Lula goes, he is cursed by the people. The people scream: Lula, thief, your place is in prison". Aqui no Brasil, onde o Bolsonaro vai é homenageado pelo povo. Onde o Lula vai é xingado pelo povo. O povo grita: Lula, ladrão, seu lugar é na prisão".

[@armandopentium]

The leftist minister who said: "an election is not won, it is taken", was to interfere in another power so that the vote would not be printed, which would guarantee transparency in the elections. And there? Would you believe in an auction organized by Bolsonaro's enemies who did not allow the vote to be printed in order to audit the ballot boxes in case of suspected fraud? And these ministers had already scheduled a meeting in the USA months before the election to discuss the "!new government of 2023". O ministro esquerdista que disse : " eleição não se vence, se toma" , foi interferir em outro poder para que não tivesse o voto impresso, que garantiria a transparência nas eleições. E ai? Você acreditaria em uma leição organizada por inimigos do Bolsonaro que não deixaram ter o voto impressoa para fazer uma auditoria nas urnas em caso de suspeita de fraude? E esses ministros já tinha marcado meses antes da eleição uma reunuão nos EUA para discutirem sobre o "!novo governo de 2023".

[@armandopentium]

There are videos where Lula himself reveals that his party, the PT, broke Brazil. But that the big press will never show you. If you want, I can post the video here. Tem vídeos onde o próprio Lula revela que o partido dele, o PT, quebrou o Brasil. Mas isso a grande imprensa nunca irá te mostrar. Se quiser, eu posto o vídeo aqui.

[@armandopentium]

Lula lies all the time, there's even a video of him laughing at foreigners who believe the lies he tells. Stop believing in lies, Lula is the opposite of what he says in this video. It destroyed the Brazilian economy and even created a public debt that today is already at 5 trillion. He filled the pockets of bankers with money. O Lula mente o tempo todo, inclusive tem vídeo dele rindo dos estrangeiros que acreditam nas mentiras que ele conta. Parem de acreditar em mentiras, o Lula é o contrário que diz nesse vídeo. Ele destruiu a economia brasileira e aind acriou uma dívida pública que hoje e já está em 5 trilhões . Ele enchou o bolso dos banqueiros de dinheiro.

[@viniciusdomenighi6439]

"Eles não estão preocupados com o bem da amazonia, eles estão preocupados com os BENS da amazonia"

[@Arca7]

Melhor comentário ❤ nesse vídeo. Pena que muitos não vão entender.

[@emilioduarte7089]

pois é

[@GilsonJr.Whitout.Numbers]

Se um deles vir e passar por todo o país depois largar 1 ano aqui com R$1.300 por mês, entendem tudo. Ah empresta uma casa mas quando sair tem que pagar o IPTU.

[@antonioribeiro2818]

Top 😂😂 É isso mesmo

[@renanvinicius6036]

Triste, mas verdade, a campanha de difamação que esses países do ocidente fazem contra o Brasil é nojento, claro que a gente tem problemas, mas a intenção deles é não deixar a gente se tornar mais competitivo.

[@Danielddiniz]

Brazil don’t need to be a superpower. We just need to be the best friend of a superpower that valorizes Brazil’s strategic importance. And your video lacks the reality that Brazil is the country that feeds the world today, the biggest producer of food in the world, and it will ever be.

[@celtelf]

The level of details on the animation is superb. The coat of arms of the states instead of the flag. Props to you guys

[@samsmith2635]

Brazil needs to take care of two massive issues, one the Recieta Federal and its insane tax rates, as well as double down and build rail in every corner. Would solve a lot of problems.

[@andreborges2881]

Indeed. Though trains through mountains/geo accidents are a tall order, figuratively and literally. Brazil has many solutions, few readily applicable, none easy or cheap. Cheers

[@samsmith2635]

@@andreborges2881 if you look at how much money is lost due to corruption it's really in comparison not that expensive to build rail. Thanks the high tax rates Brazil has learned to make a lot of its own manufactured goods. It wouldn't be that big of a chore to build rail in-house

[@cmbcmb7584]

"Brazil is not for beginners" - I understood that reference. You are are cool dude Caspian. Thanks for all the videos and insight

[@piedrablanca1942]

9simpin' detected

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Minion.

[@mikepants3736]

My friend, what happened in 2016 was not a coup, it was a legal impeachment, voted on both houses and celebrated throughout the country.

[@VR-ks6ul]

Indeed, I cringed at that part. Where dude is getting his sources?

[@mikepants3736]

@@VR-ks6ul Unfortunately, every news outlet around the world reports this way, since their feed is coming from Brazil’s largest broadcasters, which are publicly in bed with the workers party $$$ There are no impartial reporting done in Brazil from any major news feed and the small ones are often referred to as “fascist bloggers”. Since he has been spot on on most of his videos, I give him the benefit of the doubt. It’s really hard to get reliable information about what’s going on politically in Brazil.

[@i.krasnikovas]

tem vídeo do Temer falando que foi golpe amigo

[@mikepants3736]

@@i.krasnikovasexatamente, do que eu me lembro a palavra golpe foi acompanhada por sorte, golpe de sorte 😉

[@soares8802]

​@@i.krasnikovasSe foi votado democraricamente,não foi golpe...

[@Leptospirosi]

Brazil is like an arm without a shoulder, thinking to be the whole body: South America currently is the most sidelined continent in the world, because it never was able to generate the economical gravity to attract business from outside and contribute to a self sustaining South American market. Brazil cannot do anything without merging economically with Argentina, Chile and Peru, as it cannot develop everything to be competitive on everything. Argentina has the large plain, Brazil has the Amazon rain forest and mineral deposit, Peru and Chile has the mountains with metal deposits and access to the Pacific while Colombia and, eventually, Venezuela have large oil reserves and access to the Caribbean sea. Unlike Africa, South America is not fragmented into a miriad of unstable states and has been independent for centuries, often more then some European countries. If they just could cooperate like some sort of CEE and coordinate their infrastructures and social development, South America could finally "ignite" a self sustaining economy inside the continent, that would eventually appear on the radar of the world's Business centres. Otherway, all that south America will ever be is a "pick up" continent for cheap goods, cheap to buy but expensive to trade due to distances. The Geographical area is just too far away and with an internal GDP too small and too pyramidal to bother to seriously trade with.

[@ZetoBlackproject]

You are half right. South Korea, and pretty much any small yet relevant nation, show that it is human labor and ingenuity that defines progress, not resource wealth. South America would indeed benefit from integration, but that does not mean Brazil cannot become powerful on its own. Still using SK's example we see a nation surrounded by former and present enemies. Israel is the same. Yet both are developed nations. You wanna know why Brazil doesn't succeed? Because most Brazilians think that wealth is dug out of the ground, instead of labored for and won through effort. You work with the tools you have. But the keyword here is *work* .

[@gabrielnunes7407]

@@ZetoBlackproject SK and Israel are basically USA states in Asia. With all due respect.

[@no_more_spamplease5121]

​@@ZetoBlackproject That's right. Brazil has an enviable base of research universities and there is a "petit bourgeoisie" entrepreneurial culture among the populace (with no government help). Nothing prevents Brazil to develop high-value, advanced technological products for export other than the Brazilian political elite themselves. Frankly, most political parties are not interested in increasing STEM research funding and in easing regulations to facilitate entrepreneurship and encourage technological transfer from research centers to private companies. The political elite is only interested in subsidizing the growth and export of commodities (plant food, cattle, minerals), in line with Brazil's historical extractive culture.

[@oole0111]

Why gringos always cite the Amazon like we could something out of it? If we can't use the land and mineral deposits in it, it's just a rainforest.

[@domingoiocco8183]

Corruption is so high this type of progress would never be considered, too busy filing there pockets and buying votes.

[@homyce]

This video is making me so nostalgic for Brazil. Such a beautiful country and people. I miss it so much.

[@samsmith2635]

Come back, we need every gifted mind we can get.

[@homyce]

@@samsmith2635 thanks. One day 🙏

[@MrCaiobrz]

Spotted the one having a stroke. Lol, missing Brazil. All Brazilians I know are hoping to save up enough to get a green-card literally anywhere in the world as long they can leave this mud.

[@odilusporce8814]

@@MrCaiobrz fala por vc mesmo vira lata

[@Raphacom123]

@@MrCaiobrz O Brasil tem uma diáspora minúscula se comparar com qualquer outro país latino-americano. Sendo que aqui temos até mais condições de emigrar. Fale por si mesmo, eu hein...

[@IagoSB__0.0]

It saddens me that our young in Brazil are so pessimistic with our future. From the comments that I read, pessimism is confused with realism, believe me I understand and I am frustrated also with the development of Brazil, specially because it has so much potential. But we must remember that cultural development rarely happens in decades, that is why we call the development of Japan, China and Europe as miracles. We have the tools, we have the resources, we now need the hard work and it will be hard going, it will be frustrating, but nothing worth doing is easy-going.

[@taichiwinchester1102]

I was suprised to learn that you need to pay taxes to transfer goods between states in Brazil. There's also extremely high import taxes for almost everything. Brazil's economic policy is full of local protectionism. It's policy makers lacked vision and planning, ignored the trend of globalization, failed to position Brazil as a manufacturing and export based economy. As a result Brazil deindustrialized over time and ended up finding itself exporting agriculture produces and resources in the global value chain. Brazil doesn't lack potential. I feel like Brazil has a lot to learn from other newly industrialed economies, especially the ones in East/South East Asia and Eastern Europe. There are a lot of good economic policies that Brazil can adopt.

[@retro5014]

Exactly, another issue is that products that go through multiple states keep getting more expensive as they go...which ensures lack of profitability.

[@muboizin]

It's not that you pay taxes to transfer goods between states, you pay taxes to move goods. It's called "tax over the circulation of goods", it's very similar to the Value-added tax that you have all over europe. Sometimes you have to pay a little more when you are doing business from one state to the other because each state has a different fare and you need to pay the difference between them. It's the most complex taxation you can think of and business have to employ an accountant 24/7 only to be able to pay it properly. Also, our import taxes are extremely high. It's 60% in the lowest end and can reach over 100% in the higher. The only exception is with person to person transactions under 50 US dollars, in which case the fare is 0%.

[@lhm1586]

Brazil is huge in terms of market potential, but it also has one of the most complicated jurisdictions in the world for doing business, a thick bureaucracy with overwhelming taxes, it is a nightmare for small and medium size businesess. According to the Wall Street Journal, Brazil is literally not even among the top 120 countries in the world for making business.

[@alvaromneto]

This is the main problem. Protectionism. This is largely defended by the leftist parties in Brazil. There is a huge slice of the population that adheres to leftist policies economically and socially. We had very few truly liberal goverments, and the focus on protecting the local industries at the expanse of foreign competition made big investors very lazy on innovation and price reduction, and a huge lobying agenda on congress.

[@igors5637]

@@alvaromneto Você é retardado? Quem defende protecionismo no Brasil é a industria, o empresariado, aqueles que financiam os políticos.

[@LucasAlves-yb5lr]

They destroyed their forests and now are telling us what to do with ours.

[@TRAVELZILLA]

Brazil is definitely destined to become a superpower, but it may take time. It was a SUPERPOWER when it was Portugal, but as Brazil it needs to mature. It may not be in our lifetime but it will happen!

[@Paul-ft9dn]

No it wasn't, it was a colony. And Portugal was never remotely a superpower.

[@filipesugden1982]

@@Paul-ft9dn first global superpower, you can cry about it

[@MagicMike_101]

By any analysis, the country is a cesspit. Never was and has no project even to surpass the medium income trap.

[@KalzinDelacruZ]

Portugal nunca foi superpotencia, e o Brasil nunca foi de Portugal.

[@TRAVELZILLA]

kkkkkkk vc bebeu? Portugal dividiu o mundo em 2 querido. Superpotência durante séculos. O Brasil nunca foi de Portugal...o Brasil era Portugal. Tanto que a cultura do brasil é basicamente cultura portuguesa e de acordo com o site 23 and me 85% da população brasileira tem descendência portuguesa em maior ou menor grau independente do fenótipo e tom de pele. Deve ser porque o Brasil era do uzbequistão né? Pare de falar asneiras e assuma a realidade.@@KalzinDelacruZ

[@absolempt4635]

Brazil is a giant with feet of clay

[@ecnalms851]

clever analogy!

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@ecnalms851 Minion.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

It is a 💩 too.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

What a horror! My God.

[@satyakisil9711]

At this point doing anything significant without circlejerking BRICS has become a challenge for Brazil.

[@goxdie000]

Circlejerking BRICS is exactly what the world needs

[@furinick]

yeah the thing i hate about this neutral policy we try to have is jerking america, china, europe and russia off. Hope mercosur gets the whole continent to be the one sought after for once, and i hope i live to not just see but to help build it

[@diogosilva8600]

Brazil will not improve as long as it remains just the world's farm. It needs industrialization and technological investment.

[@ARES-zf5fz]

Love Brazil from Mexico.

[@odilusporce8814]

Assim como o Brasil, Mexico é um país em potencial 🇧🇷🇲🇽

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake ❤.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@odilusporce8814 2 💩s.

[@armandopentium]

The leftist minister who said: "an election is not won, it is taken", was to interfere in another power so that the vote would not be printed, which would guarantee transparency in the elections. And there? Would you believe in an auction organized by Bolsonaro's enemies who did not allow the vote to be printed in order to audit the ballot boxes in case of suspected fraud? And these ministers had already scheduled a meeting in the USA months before the election to discuss the "!new government of 2023". O ministro esquerdista que disse : " eleição não se vence, se toma" , foi interferir em outro poder para que não tivesse o voto impresso, que garantiria a transparência nas eleições. E ai? Você acreditaria em uma leição organizada por inimigos do Bolsonaro que não deixaram ter o voto impressoa para fazer uma auditoria nas urnas em caso de suspeita de fraude? E esses ministros já tinha marcado meses antes da eleição uma reunuão nos EUA para discutirem sobre o "!novo governo de 2023".

[@armandopentium]

There are videos where Lula himself reveals that his party, the PT, broke Brazil. But that the big press will never show you. If you want, I can post the video here. Tem vídeos onde o próprio Lula revela que o partido dele, o PT, quebrou o Brasil. Mas isso a grande imprensa nunca irá te mostrar. Se quiser, eu posto o vídeo aqui.

[@alexanderg5092]

Brazil will always be the Nation of the future

[@palacete]

I hope so, that saying is dumb. When we are the 'nation of now' things will be fine.

[@matheuswagner5198]

Brazil is a nation with a great past ahead

[@PolishBehemoth]

Lololol seriously always of the future tbat nevwr happens

[@tommykawaii]

For those who didn’t get it, this is a local saying, meaning that it’s always a promise, but never comes to fruition

[@avppr3451]

Haha, our demographics say something worse, soon to be a nation of old people...

[@WearyFeline]

I’m Brazilian and I remain optimistic. The country has many problems but I have faith that one day it *will* become the global superpower it was always meant to be…when that day is though, I don’t know.

[@josetomassepulveda]

Like the Christians, always waiting for the return of Lord Jesus Christ.

[@Th1460br]

Brazil, since 1500 a global leader in research, development and creative management techniques on how to destroy ''order'' and explode ''progress''. **Fun fact: Brazilians love it.

[@miroslavhoudek7085]

Brazil is a superpower of the future. And always will be.

[@milanvitu3963]

the USA is always collapsing tomorow...and always ll be.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

The gifted kid with lots of potential, that peaked in high school and barely gets by now

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Super poverty it is.

[@droneworldbrasil]

I'm Brazilian, but I hate the politics and some of the people.. these country never is going to change. What a shame.

[@abhyudaysarkar5012]

Brazil is againg. While other Western countries are also again, unlike other Western countries, no high quality immigrants are lining up to immigrate to Brazil.

[@nsb8816]

I think you are trying to say aging and not againg

[@kingroyalgaming6122]

At least you recognize Latin America as western

[@kosiski]

Brazil has had a lot of immigration for centuries, tho. And aging is not a big deal in Brazil. Asian countries are facing this in a worse level.

[@silverhost9782]

True, though that's soon to be the case everywhere outside of Africa and some Islamic countries. Brazil will have to work out how it wants to approach the issue just like everyone else

[@CursedSwede]

Who's immigrating into Europe except for low-skilled MENA/African migrants? And while Brazil is aging, it is still much younger than the average European. Let's not forget that Angola and Mozambique speak Portuguese, consume Brazilian media, and many would be willing to leave their countries for Brazil. Those two African countries are among the youngest populations in the world. So yeah, I don't think we need to worry about aging/immigration as much as Westerners (especially Europeans) have to.

[@Alba_Longa]

"Tension between ecological order and economic progress" That was a masterful writing

[@TeuPrimou]

It is highly debated if Dilma's case was a coup or not. Most people here say it's not, I don't know how that is internationally

[@stevens1041]

I feel like Brazil repeatedly fails to tap into the European Latin world. Especially Italy, Italians love Brazil.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake ❤.

[@caninon7570]

@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Fake é a sua conta no youtuber que você criou pra falar merdas como essa, troll.

[@PolishBehemoth]

I disagree. I was in Brasilia and Rio and Belem. I saw many europeans there. I dont think you realize the distance betweem brazil and europe and the time differential.

[@MrDennisWay]

A systematic service to North Americans and their superfull lifestyle was established in our country, which the majority of white Brazilians lost or never found links with their European ancestry, be it Portuguese, Italian or German (which are the 3 largest), White Brazilians were forced to believe that they are descendants of bloodthirsty and greedy slave owners, to cover up the truth that Brazil was built on the greatest drive of exploration, bravery and faith of their ancestors who crossed the sea and explored an entire wild continent. and hostile, full of the most fearsome beasts and the most venomous serpents in the name of the Christian faith and the impetus for the search for the unknown.

[@danielmgalhaes]

The quality of your research is very impressive. Normally foreign videos about Brazil fail miserably to understand some aspects of our very contradictory and unique history. You, sir, are definitely not a beginner. Subscribed.

[@VictorBR45]

É péssima a qualidade. 10:20 e 10:30. Por favor, né.

[@danielmgalhaes]

@@VictorBR45 foto de anime, opinião invalidada

[@VictorBR45]

@@danielmgalhaes A ideologia infecta a sua mente.

[@rafaelsalomao2010]

​@@VictorBR45 só disse verdades, engraçado que isso ai é um fato que é reconhecido globalmente mas por incrível que pareça tem parte da população brasileira(normalmente bolsominions, mas eu n vou colocar nenhuma etiqueta em vc) que n aceita que isso aconteceu e jura de pé junto que foi algo legitimo e justificavel

[@VictorBR45]

​@@rafaelsalomao2010 Na minha opinião, o impedimento da Dilma foi um grande erro da política brasileira e permitiu que o Bolsonaro agisse com impunidade. Porém, o impedimento da Dilma não foi golpe. Simplesmente não foi. Não tem como chamar esse vídeo de excelente. Ele oferece um retrato bem simplório e extremamente enviesado do Brasil. "Um fato que é reconhecido globalmente." Obviamente é uma falsidade, mas lhe pergunto: reconhecido por quem? Viu? Nem você nem o vídeo explica ou sequer dá nuances. Vocês somente categoricamente afirmam que foi golpe. Agora, você está opinando num comentário de KZbin; esse vídeo finge ser uma análise do Brasil. Pesos diferentes. Enfim, esse vídeo é péssimo. (Aviso você de antemão. Não quero discutir se foi golpe ou não. Não gosto de discutir muito com gente ideológica.) A ideologia infecta a mente. Os petistas adorando o vídeo e reescrevendo a história. Os bolsominions odiando o vídeo e reescrevendo a história. Bolsopetistas são pragas no Brasil.

[@megaton79]

I'm Brazilian too, and I can say that this video is full of political bias, misinformation and dangerous simplifications, as well as blatant untruths. I don't know if it's due to some botched research or some hidden agenda, but the fact is that buzzwords and stereotypes don't become true just because they're widely repeated. I'm particularly disappointed with this presentation.

[@HeisenbergFam]

4:45 "quantity has a quality of its own" is one of the most accurate sentences said in history

[@JohnSmith-vg6hb]

The Russian army would beg to differ lol

[@giantsquidMAN]

Think Stalin said it first

[@TheRezro]

@@JohnSmith-vg6hb Honestly if not numbers, Russian pathology would stop exist long time ago.

[@mettjaeger]

I think this was true for most of human history, but it isnt anymore. Whethere for military, economics or population Quality is far superior over quantity nowdays.

[@estelasantos1917]

❤❤❤

[@iuliandoroftei5088]

Came here to say ”ummm, no”. At least not this century.

[@VictorSilva-qf2tu]

I find interesting you chose to ignore the gigantic corruption scandals that were the cause of crisis, the rise of Bolsonaro and the political turmoil.

[@ender8759]

Half of population of Brazil is white and the other half has mixed ancestry. White mixed with Indigenous, Asians, middle easterns.... not just africans.

[@eltecnico9541]

According to the Myheritage genetic database 85.4% Iberian, Mesoamerican & Andean (Native) 50.5%, 30.8% Nigerian. The African component is overrepresented and the native is undervalued, being the second most important

[@ender8759]

@@eltecnico9541 Yes that's very correct!

[@igpxmaster]

Insecure

[@umfa9817]

"They are not worried with the health of the Amazon. They are worried with the *WEALTHS* of the Amazon." This can be interpreted in many ways ...

[@kateFGMP]

When I was a kid, I was taught that Brazil was the country of the future, 30 years later I’m still waiting the future.

[@thiguet55]

Really awesome video! Brazil has so much potential, but so many problems. Just loved how you tackle the main points so accurately. Greetings from Brazil!

[@maxheadrom3088]

As always, great work! I just want to point out that the Amazon forest is more important for Brazil than anyone else since the rainfall in the center-west, southeast and south regions depend on the humidity it puts out. Hugs from Brazil!

[@carlosnazato5768]

You missed a lot of points: - One key point is the politics of Brazil, the constitution is a left wing oriented, which makes the country ideological aligned with dictatorships like China, Cuba and Venezuela. - But also, we have giant meta capitalist companies that lobby many of Brazil's economic fields, such as automobiles, tires, steel, etc., reassuring their interests on Brazil's market. - Amazon does not function as a global warming mitigation, this is pure narrative, you better look for some researches about it. - Widespread corruption among Brazil's high rank posts, such as Lula being arrested and them set free by a corrupted supreme court. - Centralization of government functions, causing Brazil to have a very inefficient government system, rising taxes and the cost of living among the lower social classes. - Trade agreement between Europe and Mercosul was stalled not because of amazon's issues, but because Macron's subsidy politics over France agribusiness. - Amazon deforestation is a term too wide to be misused. Some of the fires caused over there has natural causes, there are many researches stating these facts, generally, they are the most frequent. It is like a nature cicle. - Illegal lumbering in Amazon is a hard issue in Brazil, and if you search deeper you will find something is not right about politics over there, nationally and internationally speaking. Some companies benefits of that. Brazil is marching towards a centralized government with a longstanding president (more like a dictator), being sustained by a corrupted supreme court, a silenced congress (money talks), and the tax payer providing all the blessing these "leaders" might require for. Brazil is not for beginners. I am studying Brazil's politics for more than 18 years, and there are always something new, frequently, awful about the things that is occurring in its nation, society and economics. My advise is: when you read a statement about Brazil, search deeper, and you will find that many times this is statement serves only for narratives, the true is more like to be with someone's interest in some benefit from something on the back of Brazilian population, saying that is for the poor's sake.

[@BigallBrazil]

Lula is not neutral on Ukraine war. He increased trade with Russia, it means that he is financing the war.

[@Mmm230496]

For those whom don't know "Brazil isn't for beginners" is an phrase said by Tom Jobim

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

Good on you for releasing copyright free material!

[@Iklim-2050]

I love that country. Even we have thousands of kilometers distance. Hello from Türkiye

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@DaviChaves89]

Hell yeah, dude! You did a pretty good job! Love from BRASIL! 👍🏽

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

My condolences to you.

[@DaviChaves89]

@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 de onde cê é, dog?

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@DaviChaves89 Planeta Marte. O planeta vermelho.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Where this 💩 called Brazil?

[@DaviChaves89]

@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Angola? Mozambique? Tu é comunista é, safado?

[@HungryWolfBeswekwe]

Everyone’s keeps saying that Brazil is the country of the future and it always will. But the fact is that Brazil economic growth has been slow but consistent, turning the country into one of the biggest economic powerhouses in the world. There is a lot of industry in Brazil already, and there is plenty of space for more. Don’t think Brazil as the economic of the the future. Think of Brazil as one of the most growing economies in the world, slow but consistent!

[@LtPixote]

As a brazilian myself, i like to check 2 points: 1) Every video with a foreign trying to explain Brazil says that our acid soil is a big deal problem, but we already solved this decades ago. Nowadays our agrobusiness fed more than 1 billion people, and not only quantity, we have quality too. 2) Dilma doesn't suffers a coup, but a impeachment. The process was entirely legal, the coup is just a narrative media.

[@gilbertopereira7795]

Brazil's negative national identity is the biggest obstacle to our progress. Self-deprecation, defeatism, and excessive self-criticism have created a pervasive sense of low self-esteem, making us vulnerable to exploitation by other countries. To overcome this challenge, we must rebuild our identity with constructive awareness of our problem but mainly of our potential.

[@celiovicenteribeirofilho9740]

Nah. Nope. Politicians in Brasil are the worst.

[@chillcursed]

​@@celiovicenteribeirofilho9740 this sentiment of self-depreciation is so prominent in the culture that we even created a name for it " sindrome de vira-lata" (stray dog syndrome) referred to when a person always sees the best in oder countries forgetting the good things our country has.

[@vitoravila1770]

"we must rebuild our identity with constructive awareness''. Rebuild?? is this RGT?? But did we ever have one??? Take a good look at our history, from the large land holdings to the slave regime; from the monarchy to the separatist revolts; from the " BOZO" to "LULA", we hate ourselves. We are a country without a nation.

[@nicomendoza6586]

That ending line of "Brazil seems the country of the future, and always will be" shook me. Great video!

[@macleunin]

That’s an old popular saying here in Brazil 🫠

[@urquizagabe]

Having natural resources in abundance is almost an ingredient NOT to become a democratic global power.

[@elephantman2112]

Yes, that and interventions, coups, and imperialism.

[@mettjaeger]

The USA would disagree.

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

@@elephantman2112 Right, but the interventions, coups and imperialism mostly happen because of the abundance of natural resources. It's easier to violently take control of a resource extraction economy than of a complex service economy. You can't just put random military officers in charge of Google and expect it to continue making money, but you totally can with oil wells or logging camps.

[@mrpostman222]

@@mettjaeger would you say the american system is very democratic?

[@mettjaeger]

@@mrpostman222 Not as perfect democratic as some European countries but nonetheless a stable Democracy.

[@christospilis]

The fact that Turkey is placed in Europe (bc it has ~3% of it's land mass on the European continent) and not in Asia proves the validity of some of these videos

[@EmperorOfDrill]

TURKEY EURASİAN COUNTRY LİKE THE RUSSİA.

[@DragovianMythiX]

The fact that a b*tthurt greek is complaining about Turkiye proves the validity of their comments.

[@marcelospaiva]

How can you say that the Congress, that has legal power to impeach a president, made a coup taking out the president Dilma? The process was legal, and runned exactly as predicted by law, with the approval and revision of the contitucional court.

[@Yaten]

Great job on the video, as it's quite politically on point. Brazil has the ability to emerge as one of the world's most prominent economies, but this potential has consistently been hampered by the USA. "We won't allow another Japan in the South Equator" - a remark made back in the 1970s by the American Secretary of State at the time, Henry Kissinger.

[@millevenon5853]

even if Brazil succeeded and tripled its gdp, it would be still be less than half the size of America. America isn't standing still. its economy grows by over 1 trillion every year.

[@assismari]

The former president Dilma was outed through a clean and democratic process, never a coup.

[@MochileirodasGalaxias946]

As a Brazilian I can sum up the problem over there : - uninformed population - corrupt politicians lead a corrupt population who keep electing corrupt politicians - flawed justice system We will never get anywhere ! It’s a lost country , sadly !!!!

[@leonardo25gabriel]

The problem here, mate, is that EVERY politician is corrupt, everything here in this shithole is corrupt. Lula is, Bolsonaro was, Collor was, there ain't no salvation for this place.

[@gorilaogorila835]

LULA IS THE BEST !!! LULA MADE AND WILL ALWAYS MAKE BRAZIL GROW ! LULA, THE TRUE PATRIOT !! Ya'll pessimists are all worshippers of the foreign northern countries, but the progress is unstoppable, it will happen and will trample all over your heads !!!!

[@hikineet177]

​@@gorilaogorila835 Yoy are brainwashed by the mainstream media.

[@aclassicguardsman946]

*lists three very solvable problems It's hopeless guys.

[@yousseph777]

I must say, this is a comprehensive and accurate take on Brazil. Over the decades, I watch/ed the country underperform while many go between Left and Right talking points, half-baked ideas, and outright bad ideas.

[@cacogenicist]

_"... go between Left and Right talking points, half-baked ideas, and outright bad ideas. ..."_ And of late, from a dangerous right-wing nut-job clown to an idiotic left-wing tankie clown.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@cacogenicist]

@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 - What are you referring to?

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@cacogenicist Fake question.

[@yousseph777]

@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 I made a statement, not a question - jackass

[@Junior-rt9ew]

A good video but have some bias and lies: - Dilma's 2016 impeachment was not a cue; - Brazil have everyting to develop but Europe and US strategicaly don't want it; - We are one of the greener countries with a very restrited law that protects our native forrests. The Amazon problem is much bigger than global warming. The land is rich on rare minerals, oil and other natural resources that world power's do not want us to responsibly explore. Much of the deforestation are made by poor local people who needs to eat and where used by bad people. - Our actual ethanol cars were greener than Teslas; - Brazilians lack of state vision, poverty and a terreble educational system makes a fertile land of bad and corrupted leaders that mantains our real potencial locked on their and lobbies hands... - we are one in the little club that have our own energy, enought population, food, acess to te ocean a plenty of minerals

[@CleversonSantos]

Come on guys!!! We have a lot to improve, but if you look closer, we are still a very young country, and the identity of Brazil as a nation is recent, give us some more time and we will get fixed, nations much older than us are in a worst situation.

[@liberdade9201]

We will rise up. Our time is coming! 🇧🇷

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

💩

[@cirohugo]

Well produced video. Just to add: Brazil didn't "wiped-out" the native population, we mixed up with them. Most of Brazilian people have mixed blood from Europeans and Native Brazilians. And Lula is a controversial figure. His speech is good, but he's involved with corruption and hypocrisy.

[@amonferrari]

Shirvan, I've been following you for years now. You are the geopolitics youtuber I respect the most. I've always had very good impressions of the quality of your work. But when you touch subjects or regions I'm familiar with, thats when I am certain of your qualities. Your video was spot on, as always. You are even respectful down to making an effort of the correct pronunciation on a language I figure is not even close to your primary one. Aside native youtubers your pronunciation is the best one out there. Many thanks again for you videos. You are amazing!

[@josesilva4171]

Brazil is the most beautiful country in the world and the one with the greatest potential. It also has the most amazing people. I am Portuguese and have been and have worked in many different places. Appreciate what you have “esse incrível país grandao “ there is no better place on Earth. You have paradise, just do not know it.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news. It is horrible.

[@josesilva4171]

@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 then you have not seen the world (if you are Brazilian) or you have never been there (Portuguese). Never sure as Brazilians share the same language, surnames, culture, ancestors…😀

[@MagicMike_101]

@@josesilva4171 It's a persona opinion. Do not judge others.

[@Rnankn]

Why would preserving the rainforest impose costs on Brazil or its economy? There are no costs to not doing something. There are simply no gains. That is cost neutral. And, historic emissions show the folly of the industrial development path, not something to envy. There is no reasonable argument to repeat past mistakes. Instead humanity has to live within planetary boundaries. So northern countries need to rapidly reduce energy consumption, and the south has to stay at the sustainable levels they are at.

[@MrWouterKuipers]

@CaspianReport: Lula is not neutral regarding the war between Ucraine and Russia, yesterday he was accused by both the USA and the European Union for spreading russian and chinese propaganda. Apart from that I enjoyed your video, as always!

[@larissamello374]

Brazilian diplomacy and Lula are 2 different stories, it votes against Russia in the UN, opens its borders to ukraines, is not against the imprisonment of Putin. Next thing we know Lula takes the mic and says otherwise. Not sure what is happening.

[@nerrler5574]

Of course they'd accuse him of that, they hate him and want to overthrow his government so they can install a fascist government.

[@julianocamargo6674]

Brazil as a colony had indeed a hard start, it is always good this channel focus on geography, that usually gets so little attention. It is like Portugal needed to do something with this hard land just to prevent the Spanish from taking it. Main later centers of development such as São Paulo or Minas Gerais were inland , and required immense effort in an age when everything was transported on the back of a mule. The northeast prospered early, but later was stuck in colonial plantation structures. It is a bit similar to the south of the US. São Paulo was incredibly poorer and because of this they launched raids capturing native slaves or looking for gold. This 'get rich quick' scheme failed, and they were forced to slowly build up the economy. Their migration is one reason why the country is not as fragmented as you say - we mostly derive from the same colonial centers from São Paulo, Bahia and a few others. Later São Paulo hit gold, dominating 80% of global coffee markets and moving away from the slave planation model. They adopted a mass migration similar to the US, and with industrialization launched Brazil into the modern era. But then, as you say, coffee crashed and Getulio arrived... To this day, and following the legacy of Getulio, the country has a tradition of centralized, heavy-handed government.

[@RafaelCosta-oi3be]

We have been troubled ever since we lost our Emperor, when he returns glorious times will begin anew

[@returnnull3476]

They're stuck in the resource extraction trap. It didn't help that Chinese manufacturing gutted most of their industry. The problem with Brazil's geography is that it's like a slanted table so there's a high price on transportation. Although it's funny that Argentina has a better geography but their leaders squandered it.

[@estelasantos1917]

❤❤❤

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

❤❤❤

[@ILOVEAMERICALOCKHEED]

I just love your channel so much. You are almost the only one i could find talking about geopolitics, but also keeping it simple for "normal" people like me that just want to know what is going on between individual countries.

[@lloyd9500]

Yes he is good, but I'd also stress that you need to be able to form your own opinions. KZbinrs are a good place to start but you need to seek sources that hold more authority, such as The Economist, Financial Times or even traditional news media like the BBC or Euronews. What Shirvan is doing is creating an argument (granted, a lot of the time they are strong) based on evidence he has found to build his case. Critiquing that case is a essential if you are to form your own view of geopolitics and not simply repeating what others are saying.

[@ILOVEAMERICALOCKHEED]

​@@lloyd9500 yea ofc i am also Reading a book from the autor Tim Marshall about geopolitics, so this is not my only source of information.

[@heldershibasaki7272]

I really appreciate Shirvan Central Asia videos, mainly that from Caspian Sea countries! There are also very good videos from Middle East, Europe, Oceania, East Asia and Africa. Congratulations!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 But sadly😔, when he starts talking about Latin America, specially about South America, he’s a totally SHAME! But it's understandable. He’s probably never been in this “distant jungle”. He probably gets that knowledge through the superficial mainstream media, with many biases and misinformation.. Shirvan, we can help you, if you want!

[@ericreed4535]

​@@heldershibasaki7272 I've lived in multiple Latin countries. Pick, in your opinion,the worst point he made and let's analyze it fairly. Your absolutist language calling him a total shame is extreme and extreme points of view should be accompanied by extreme amounts of credible evidence. Let's hear it. And please filter your emotional connection to the issue.

[@tomrose2935]

In 1976 as a kiwi passing through first felt the warmth of embrace of Brasil & her people like a big momma Now living in the Blue Mtns in Australia almost 50yrs have gone by but still can’t forget that embrace

[@mancebomachado]

Basically a Lula propaganda piece.😮

[@theconqueringram5295]

It seems that Brazil is stuck in a cycle that prevents it from becoming a global power, but it doesn't have to be. Brazil does possess some significant influence on the global stage.

[@angelcabeza6464]

Yeah by begging us for money money by is i mean Canada the USA and Mexico

[@danielkjm]

Its hard to become a global power when USA thinks your contry its his backyard.

[@gleitsonSalles]

​@@angelcabeza6464 Mexico? Lol.

[@lukinhas2021]

​@@angelcabeza6464 México ??? 😅😅

[@gabrielnilo6101]

This video is misleading in some parts... there is not enough information to understand the whole picture and, as a Brazilian, feel like people will think that we are like Venezuela or Cuba... the Amazon forest is always being destroyed, and it's not only because of "Bolsonaro" but due to the fact that people who live there don't have a good life and constantly chop down trees for survival.... and because of COVID, not Bolsonaro, there were not enough people to protect the forest from them and from the "bad guys"... we are a "farming country," but in your video, it looks like a bad thing... but it's not.... in fact, we are a big country that pollutes the less, and we generate energy based on hydroelectric and solar energy... while countries like yours are probably polluting the most... so... we are a country with corruption problems with problematic neighbors and violent crime, but we don't wage war to bring "democracy" while destroying everything, and we don't destroy the environment as much as first world countries... the majority of Brazilians just want to work for a living and peace in their lives.

[@twistzaok]

as a brazilian, it can, but it wont simple as that

[@文雯-o6o]

If a country wants to become a big country, it must first be independent! Independent diplomacy, independent national defense, independent economic system. If it can't, it can never be strong (Similarly, when a once great country loses these autonomy, it is not far from becoming a secondary power.)

[@frenchempire9471]

​@@NoumenonAndPhenomenon literally china

[@jmcauhy]

Relax, Brazil is never going to work.

[@SoApost]

The key to greatness is simple: The less you hinder the individual’s pursuit of prosperity and the better you keep ethical laws, the greater your country will be.

[@stephenlight647]

Beautiful country, wonderful people, never going to happen. Geography has a lot to do with this. The interior of Brazil is difficult terrain and the coasts are not blessed with a lot of great harbors. The major rivers do not knit the country together and the huge Amazon is not in an area that is great for agriculture. Much of this could be overcome by a culture that emphasizes development and enterprise, but that is not Brazil’s inheritance. They have a centralized government that puts many impediments in place for business and is more easily corrupted as the power is concentrated in a few hands. Brazil is a great place, it will always have many advantages, but the geography and the culture will never allow its full potential to be realized.

[@weirdshibainu]

People really underestimate the value of good geography

[@pacifico6402]

Importante que são terras aráveis e sobrepõem com seu tamanho. País está em uma região chamada planalto brasileiro ou hight lands .há lindos vales com montanhas belas ,tem seu valor.

[@pacifico6402]

Brasil tem uma agricultura forte, e conseguimos ser competitivo em relação á isso. produtividade fará coisas boas.

[@obi0914]

Its often said the only thing keeping Brazil from becoming a super power is Brazilians.

[@DaDoM123]

Whether it becomes a future superpower or not Brazil will always be based Love them Brazilians 🇬🇧❤🇧🇷

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

It is impossible, my unkown guy or gay.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Brazil doesn't exist.

[@triopical6884]

@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 gay?

[@bravohotel]

Based? What in fk does that mean? Half the population are communists, the other half ... fascists. What's based about either of these political identities?

[@StuffandThings_]

Raw size and population do not equate to power. They'll need a stable government, strong education system, focus on skilled labor, and most of all a complete overhaul to the current agrarian situation (more mechanized farming, focus on the actual fertile regions instead of just burning the Amazon, and making good use of fertilizer). They have some things going for them, but at the same time so much has been so mismanaged for so long that a long period of catch up will be necessary.

[@mtulio-t9z]

you know nothing about Brazil

[@jacaredosvudu1638]

You even know where our farms are?

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Fake news.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@mtulio-t9z As you too.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

@@jacaredosvudu1638 Under my feet.