A true outspeak about my home country

This is a blog about a man who wants to reflect and analyze what is going on in the World. But before starting my reflections, I'd like to make an introduction: My name is Gabriel, 31 years old, originally from Brazil, but living in the United States for almost 4 years, studied Journalism and Communication at The University of Utah. Working in this field has always been my goal in life, in which I started practicing since my childhood. And coming to America was a long awaited thing, a goal in my life, which I had the chance to achieve it in 2010, when the opportunity came, leaving behind a past full of good and bad moments, especially a robbery that happened to me in 2009 that almost put an end to my life.

What I feel in here is much more safety than in Brazil, which has a much higher murder rate than the USA, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC): The World average murder rate was at 6.9 per each 100,000 people. US rate was at 5 homicides per 100,000 people, in a total of 15,241 (2009-2010 statistics), Brazil's rate was at 22.7 homicides per each 100,000, with a scary total of 43,909 murders! That number puts Brazil in a war-like murder rate, making the South American nation one of the deadliest in the World.

Not only the murders that upset me, but also the reckless way in which most Brazilians live life. Last year, The Next Web magazine (thenextweb.com) published an article about how expensive electronics were in Brazil. After reading the story, the comments caught my attention, most of them really furious with the situation. One of them, in particular, contained a true summary of how Brazilians spend their money and their "interesting" choices in terms of priorities for their living cycles.

Here's what I wrote on my Facebook page, with the comment:


"Brazil needs a huge economic crisis. Everything is overpriced, from basic needs to superfluous things. Brazilians are really d/u/m/b. They like to pay more to show off, but they don't know the things that they show off are considered common items abroad. Elite Brazilian class don't care about the huge prices. They have got a lot of money, much more than a middle-classed American or European, so paying more means status, stunning chicks and f*ck-off the rest of population.

Our young population is completely alienated. They are over influenced by means of communication (sic) which sells (sic) "the good things in life" as expensive. The idea of having a piece of junk brand-new-car for $15000,00 in Brazil is disseminated by the media, being a extremely basic car, with only the necessary for driving, nothing more.

That's why the best thing to happen in my country is a huge and devastating crisis. We definitely need it. There's no hoping for being a Brazilian who struggles to live and obtains nothing in exchange. This is similar to a white slavery. Most people have to prostitute themselves for getting by, or as despair the final solution is to be criminal because it's impossible for someone who has a good idea to have access to credit at banks. Banks say no and your opportunity to start up a company blows.
I wish I could have born in anywhere, but Brazil."

And here is my opinion:

"This guy is absolutely right. What he wrote on this comment is a summary of what Brazilian people are about life: no reaction under rip-offs and abuses, total shift of priorities, social status on consumer goods, and, the greatest of all, total tolerance with corrupt inefficient politicians, who only benefit their own interests, taking people as their hostages. People who accept paying tons of different taxes, to support not only these politicians, but also LAZY government employees, who only work there for the money, not for the people. Unfortunately, many of my former Law school classmates have decided to go on this despicable path, having no respect for those who support them. I am disgusted with the people of the country I was born, who only care for soap operas, soccer and junk entertainment, instead of taking sides on more serious issues. In other words, I am beyond DONE with this bunch of crap!"

This post was originally published on 1/16/2013.