u/New_Entertainer_4895

Do you have political parties in your country with no actual ideology?

In Brazil, there's this block of parties called the "Centrão" or "Center" that have no real ideology of any kind.

Sometimes they'll support the left sometimes the right. They descend from the two "approved" political parties which were allowed during the military dictatorship as sort of a meaningless "rubber stamp" pretend congress so the military could pretend they weren't totally ruling the country.

For whatever reason they survived the end of the dictatorship, continued to get votes, and became quite powerful. But don't really have any clear ideology. Many accuse them of only existing simply to accept bribes in exchange for providing support to the left or right wing parties in Brazil. Some see it as a form of ensuring smaller areas get funds instead of cities, where people in an area vote directly for these parties simply because they can bring money to their localty from the government.

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u/New_Entertainer_4895 — 2 hours ago

What's the biggest dividing factor splitting people into groups in your country?

Many (all?) Latin American countries are at least somewhat heterogenous. If you had to describe the social structure and on what basis people organize themselves into groups (whether it's socially, professionally, politically) what would the primary dividing factor in your ocuntries?

When it comes to Brazil I feel like socioeconomic class is the primary dividing factor. Regionalism seems like the 2nd biggest factor. Politics seems 3rd. Background is maybe 4th. Religion is probably 5th.

From visiting other countries around the world though it seems not all countries have this structure.

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