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It would be honest of you if you just say that you watched some of his videos and you don't like it, therefore you are not interested on his production. Instead, your presumption makes you want to go way beyond your knowledge is.I won't post any link just because you don't want to see or read anything other than what you believe already. In other words, you just want to "prove" you are right and the way you behave makes me not give a damn about trying to show you anything.

FriendlyHacker, I won't waste my time trying to show you how wrong you are about Olavo's work since you already made your mind after watching half a dozen of his videos (and maybe the ones dishonest people make to distort what he says in order to create scarecrows and make it easier to beat) and reading none of his books. There are other versions of those things you mentioned about Olavo (heliocentrism, Einsten, astrology, etc.). If you have enough goodwill to search for it, maybe you will think otherwise. If you don't, it really doesn't matter to me as people are free to say what they want, anyway they want. As I mentioned in my first message, I'm here to learn, therefore research and meditation about what I want to learn are steps I cannot neglect.

Yes, the ineffectiveness of central planning is strong on both sides. Although power (or socialism) screws people over, no matter who has it, this power is currently in the hands of the leftists (despite you think otherwise) and whoever supports their ideas, whether to make money or even due to their stupidness. Based on the "first things first" aproach, I think it's important to understand who is the enemy at the moment and what are their ideas, this will make possible to direct the attack to the (sub)intelectuals who promote it, instead of using generic speeches about freedom. Let's call it "applied freedom". I suggest the reading of Olavo de Carvalho's book "O mínimo..." (only in Portuguese). You may not aggree with some parts of his perspective, but I bet it will make you reconsider some thoughts of yours.

Hi, FriendlyHacker. I see Brazilian's situation in a different way. You are right about the people who are pissed off with the government, but if you dig it a little deeper, you will find the touch of damn leftist's hands everywhere.Just to write it quickly, our governemnt is getting bigger and bigger. Our economic freedom is in a dangerous levels and our president is a former gerilla head who belongs to a party that is member of "Foro de São Paulo", a ghost institution that congregates the FARC, Castro bros, Maduro and other similar rats.Do you know that Led Zeppelin's music "When the levee breaks"? It makes me think about "when the bubble bursts" and they put all the blame on the capitalism, as they usually do to get more power.I hope I'm wrong but in the meantime I'm very scared with what is happening here! Fabiano

Hello, Alex. I have never travelled to any SA country, so I'm afraid I cannot help you on your 1st question. FriendlyHacker's explanation about brazilians' language skills is very accurate. It may vary a little depending on which places you want to visit.One example is Macaé/RJ, the city I where live. It's a very peculiar city because it hosts a considerable share of Petrobras oil and gas operations. For this reason, there are a lot of oil and gas companies from from all over the world. Those companies are the best ones to work for and it attracts a lot of Brazilians (from all over the country) , who have to speak English very well in order to prosper on their jobs. Here you can find even prostitutes who can speak English very well. Another peculiar city is Buzios/RJ, a beatiful place that atracts a lot of tourists. I recomend it! I am sure that's a place which you wont have much trouble in communicating in Spanish, since a lot of argentines live there. Many of them left Argentina during the 90s crisis.Let me know whether you come to this side of the country and we can have a beer or two together.Cheers, Fabiano

Hi, everyone. My name is Fabiano Abrantes and I'm a father of 3 kids who recently started to learn about freedom and, sadly, how far we are getting from it here in Brazil. It all began after reading Atlas Shrugged, in 2012. Then I found the Brazilian version of the Mises Insitute (IMB) and the books and articles they host. It was on their comment section where I first "met" Stefan, actually one of his videos, then I looked for him on Youtube and I'm here after watching some of them. I have much to learn, and that's what I'm here for. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Best Regards, Fabiano