"You see, between those two parties, the PSDB and the PT, there seemed to have been a sort of tacit agreement. Professor Olavo calls it the theater of the scissors. Both are prongs of the same devilish movement. What seemed to have been the tacit agreement was there should be an alternation of thievery, I mean, power. The PSDB had it’s eight years, the PT had it’s eight years, and now it was time for power to come back to the more “moderate” prong. But the PT, being a true communist party, does not see the social democrats with good eyes. In every revolution, Mensheviks are the first to be culled."
This is interesting to me. I would like to hear more thoughts about the "theater of the scissors," because my initial reaction was that this may be a solid analogy for something we are all seeing, everywhere. I'm also hoping to hear more about the twin dragons of the World Cup and the Olympics, which troubled me when it was happening (and, I imagine, for largely the same economic reasons; I also lived in a city that was "in the hunt" for an Olympics, which I presumed would lead to economic disaster).
Great stuff, in any case. Sorry it took so long to comment. I do think you should write more about this history and the current situation. Looking forward to more installments.
"You see, between those two parties, the PSDB and the PT, there seemed to have been a sort of tacit agreement. Professor Olavo calls it the theater of the scissors. Both are prongs of the same devilish movement. What seemed to have been the tacit agreement was there should be an alternation of thievery, I mean, power. The PSDB had it’s eight years, the PT had it’s eight years, and now it was time for power to come back to the more “moderate” prong. But the PT, being a true communist party, does not see the social democrats with good eyes. In every revolution, Mensheviks are the first to be culled."
This is interesting to me. I would like to hear more thoughts about the "theater of the scissors," because my initial reaction was that this may be a solid analogy for something we are all seeing, everywhere. I'm also hoping to hear more about the twin dragons of the World Cup and the Olympics, which troubled me when it was happening (and, I imagine, for largely the same economic reasons; I also lived in a city that was "in the hunt" for an Olympics, which I presumed would lead to economic disaster).
Great stuff, in any case. Sorry it took so long to comment. I do think you should write more about this history and the current situation. Looking forward to more installments.
Thanks Bisone. I'll have something out this weekend. Sorry about the horrible writing, I need to work on my english.