One thing should be made clear - #Brazil has a lot of (inexcusable) social problems, but no one would argue the World Cup made them *worse*
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@asteris Money that *could have gone* to increased social spending. And it's a very valid argument. But it wasn't cuts to social spending -
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@Vinncent debatable overall, I'd love to read in-depth investigstions on that. However, evictions & favela raids are directly linked. -
@asteris Evictions are directly linked and this is where my simplication is not 100% accurate. The favela issue is less clear-cut -
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@Vinncent weren't favela pacification police raids stepped up significantly in the lead up to the World Cup & Olympics? -
@asteris Pacifications weren't exactly 'raids' - they were an attempt to bring the state to the favelas. But only the armed state arrived
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@asteris That's my exact point. Social spending COULD HAVE increased more. But it's still actually increasing. No cuts for the Cup.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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