ThaneKyrell t1_j2d8xan wrote on December 31, 2022 at 11:25 AM

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This is not true at all. Most of Lula's ministers are political appointees. To be clear: I voted for Lula, and having ministers by chosen by politics is fairly common here, and important to make sure that Lula can govern with support from Congress. But let's not pretend like all ministers are there because of merit. Haddad, Alckmin, Renan Filho, Tebet and the ministers from União Brasil for example... they are there because of politics. Not because they are the best choices

Pilantrologo t1_j2dcsgk wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:15 PM

> they are there because of politics. Not because they are the best choices

And I never said they were the best choices. Meritocracy isn't about nominating the crème de la crème from each area. It's about choice based on achievement and ability.

Of course politics play a role. But what is about to happen is far, pretty fucking far from what Bolsonaro did to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Family, Education and Environment, just to name a few.

ThaneKyrell t1_j2dk0l0 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:34 PM

I agree that his ministers are WAY better than Bolsonaro's ministers. However, they are not the best possible choices, and some of them are outright bad. Let's not pretend like Lula has only chosen the best. Haddad for example is a terrible name for the economics minister, and he was only chosen because Lula and the Worker's Party wants him as a successor. Most economists didn't like him being chosen at all (personally, I think Haddad should've been education minister)