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Bofferbrauer2 said:
TallSilhouette said:

Congrats to Brazil. Hopefully there is a peaceful transfer of power.

Considering Bolsonaro still hasn't conceded yet, I fear it won't be as peaceful as hoped.

Concession is just a formality, and in functioning democratic societies, the transfer of power is supposed to be a process outside of the hands of the outgoing head of government, other than him hopefully facilitating an orderly handoff to the president-elect/PM-designate. That said, it's still a disturbing trend, because to me it says that the outgoing leader is hoping for a Hail Mary play to keep his power, or, failing that, an insurrection from his supporters.