Why did Brazil Fail to Become a Superpower?

Closed Captions and PT-BR subtitles by Tenison Jr.

Brazil SHOULD have been a superpower, it basically has the same situation as the USA. Large farm, huge population, tucked away from the rest of the world. Why did Brazil never flourish into the great power it could have been? And where is Brazil going in the future? Besides the 2022 World Cup finals ;)

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[神の人-fk]

I’m Russian and Brazil is like tropical Russia. A ton of potential but the same problems.

[LeanderAuditore]

I live in the Brazilian Amazon, and i want to add a few things:

1. The Amazon region of Brazil is not that hostile as shown in the video, maybe it was, like 70-80 years ago, but nowadays is perfectly civilized region, the reason why there are few brazilians living here in comparison with the rest of the country is because was (and nowadays still is) a unatractive region, is very hot, it rains a lot, and have a lower economic developed that the rest of the country (which means, less jobs, lower wages).

2. One of the main reasons why Brazil failed to become a superpower is because it failed to catch up with the capitalistic and industrialized economies in the 19th century, as mentioned in the video Brazil was the last country in the west to abolish slavery, The Brazilian government executed an poor land distribution throught the "Lei das terras 1850", and there was little to no incentive to transform the brazilian economy from agricultural to industrialized (There was a Brazilian Aristocrat to tried to do that, his name was Baron of Maua).
If you check the Brazilian GDP per capita in early 19th century and compare it to the one of the late 19th century, you will notice that there was very very little growth, in the same period countries like America, UK or even Argentina experienced an gigant growth.
(Sorry for the gramatical mistakes).

[TheLibertador]

Don't worry Brazilian brothers, here in México we face the same problems! Some day we will ged rid and solve our issues together. 💚 🇲🇽🤝🇧🇷💚

[pedrofiates]

It's very common to put the blame of Brazil's (and a lot of latam's) lack of development on colonization, and it is a large part of it, but studying Brazil's history it also becomes very clear that utter incompetence is a constant.(the choice of rodoviary transport is a good example).

[juanpedronofal]

I love my brothers and sisters from Brazil, we face tha same problems here in Argentina! Hope we'll see a brighter future for our nations!

[brunotvrs]

9:24 fun fact: Brazil was once called "United States of Brazil" and for 5 days it had a flag that was incredibly similar to the USA flag.

[AbokaseeRed]

Brazil: I CAN DOMESTICALLY PROCESS MY RESOURCES WHENEVER I WANT. As long as its tomorrow.

[papagaiorusso]

Tá tranquilo, é só questão de tempo pro Brasil se tornar uma potência, daqui uns 500 anos a gente consegue 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[grupogurps]

A história da descoberta de minas de ouro no Brasil é quase cômica: durante 200 anos, não se descobriu uma mina. Nesse período, o governo de Portugal tinha decretado que qualquer mina de ouro descoberta no país pertenceria unicamente à Coroa Portuguesa. Em 1760, a Coroa decretou que apenas cobraria 20% do ouro descoberto (O Quinto). De repente, surgiram diversas minas de ouro no país. Milagre!!

[gustavoabreu]

Brazilians:
hippity hoppity this comment section is now our property.

[michelferreira]

Brazil national dance is not samba, but moonwalk: we take one step forward and then we take ten steps back.

[NoOne-fegc]

You forgot to mention the migration of qualified workers.
All the reasons you cited, mostly violence, cause a huge migration of very qualified people. Which in turn drains the country from any possible chance of industry diversification.
Also, migration is for the middle/upper classes as it is extremelly exprensive to migrate as a brazilian (in contrast of how easy it is to migrate from India for example)

[matheussouza]

"Small settlements like Manaus"
Manaus, with 2 million inhabitants and being the manufacturing capital of Brazil: am I a joke to you?

[PUAlum]

I'm a Californian who spent a lot of time in Brazil in the 1970's. It's such a great country! This video gives a lot to think about. Corruption is a major barrier to progress----but corruption seems to be spreading! Still...returning two or three times over 30 years, Brazil's progress is obvious. And i still have saudades.

[carlosguimaraes]

I was born in Portugal, my mother is portuguese and my father, american from Kentucky. I was lived in Portugal until I was 15, then we moved to the USA, and at the age of 28 I decided to move to Brazil and today, with my 47 years old, I can say that Brazil is wonderful, much better than the USA and Europe in many aspects. At least for me! Many problems that we see around here also exist in Portugal, the European Union and the USA. I love Brazil.

[jamesdeen]

I’m Afro-Lebanese Brazilian on my dads side, so I decided to study in Brazil for ~6 months in college. I studied Brazilian and Latin American economics and perspective, as well as international economics and management. The video makes a great point in that the Brazilian economy became far, far too important on primary goods production and exports (i.e. materials, mining, agriculture, etc) and this has caused huge swings in the economy. When primary goods/commodities prices are up, the economy does very well and Brazil booms, like the period of 2000-2012 or so. But when the commodities boom reduces and prices go back down, the economy shrinks. They rode the wave for that decade, and stayed largely dependent on commodities exports, without diversifying exports and the economy as much as necessary to combat the inevitable reduction in commodities demand and thus prices.

There’s also large disparity between the north and south. As mentioned in the video, slavery wasn’t abolished until 1888. The northern half of the country was its cradle. Where slaves produced and mined all of the exports. They needed to fill the southern half, so the govt offered Europeans free land to move to the south and bring their families and businesses to Brazil. Now you have a more developed, service focused southern Brazil vs the more commodities, agriculture based northern half. I studied in Florianópolis, a large and highly developed city in the southern state of Santa Catarina. I have the stereotypical Brazilian, Afro/Arab influenced light brown skin and curly hair. But when I researched the south and arrived there, most people don’t look like me. They just look white/European (especially German and Italian), because of the govt initiative I mentioned previously. Florianopolis is about +85% White/European. Very interesting history. I love Brazil so much and my time in Florianopolis was so incredible. Brazil has it problems, but I’d rather go back and live in floripa than to continue living in the US, where I was born. Brazilians are so warm and open and loving people (mostly). The mash up of cultures and peoples, you just can’t beat it. Sorry for such a long post, if anyone even reads this. I just love Brazil so much. Eu tô morrendo de saudade do Brasil 🇧🇷😓

[frimnpi]

as a brazillian i also have no idea why i still have no super powers

[davidroman]

Brazil is basically like playing a game of poker and starting with 4 aces and still manage to lose.

[Tripod]

It’s interesting to think, “What if Brazil was a superpower?” But I would argue that superpowers today might still hinder the Brazilian government from achieving such a status. Take the US. It’s easy to point figures at the US, but if their was a rising superpower within the Americas, it’s possible the US might view this superpower as a threat, and might send the CIA to stage a coup.

But in our reality, the US didn’t need to do such a thing, as mass inequality, corruption, and violence, all stop Brazil from obtaining a positive stance on the world stage.

[jjj.jjjkkkkk]

Countries in Latin America like Brazil, Argentina and Mexico are countries with great pontential but corruption holds them back 🙁