Everyone complains that no one does anything. Everyone complains there’s nothing to be done. Then the guys go for it, march, organize thousands of people in different cities and take to the streets to complain — and everyone criticizes.
Look, there were THOUSANDS of people, and there was some smashing… if it were in a soccer stadium, everyone would be saying: Ah, it’s the minority, some vandals, the ___ fans (insert your team’s name) aren’t like that.
If I were in Brazil, I would for sure be in the streets, with a sign asking for prison for the mensaleiros (those involved in the Mensalão corruption scandal), to lower taxes, to fix the hole in the road, or to give more security to my fellow Curitibanos who have been mugged, robbed, and even murdered by petty criminals.
Are some things going to get broken? Yes… but it doesn’t compare to the amount of money diverted through taxes.
Will it delay your way to work? It will, but you’re delayed going to several places because of the crap traffic that the politicians don’t fix and you don’t complain.
Would I take my wife to a movement like this? No, I don’t think it’s safe. But as a man, young, and Brazilian, I’m proud to see someone doing something.
Participate, or don’t participate, but don’t accuse them of “getting in the way of your life.” They at least are doing something. And no, NO, you don’t protest with flowers, perfume, and seated in a square. You have to make noise to be heard.
“What worries me is not the shouting of the corrupt, the violent, the dishonest, those without character, those without ethics… What worries me is the silence of the good ones.”