The Amazon Rainforest is one of the world's largest carbon sinks, and home to a tremendous diversity of animal, plant, and fungal life. Preserving the Amazon should be considered one of our generation's greatest priorities,
for more on this), and thus spurs short term job growth in unsustainable industries. Short term economic gain=political points, and huge financial gifts to those who fund your campaign. The same was true in Brazil under Bolsonaro, and short term, unsustainable jobs trumped the entire world’s economic and environmental health in the minds of many Brazilian voters.
Bolsonaro was even widely accused of using government money to deliberately spread this type of misinformation. Opponents described Bolsonaro’s “Cabinet of Hate,” akin to government-controlled media becoming pure propaganda for the incumbent. According to Brazilian political journalist Octavio Guedes, Janones’ efforts were “fundamental” for the defeat of Bolsonaro.Even just writing this story, I feel like I need to take a shower. Politics is clearly a blood sport, as much as I wish it weren’t.
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