At one point I likely would have agreed. I understand where you're coming from though.

Electoralism has issues. Compounded horribly by offices with too much power to abuse, and little to no accountability. One of the issues with electoralism is that it requires informed educated voters. An impossible task. Some people just refuse, some people legitimately don't have time. Mandating them to vote will likely backfire more often than not I'd think.

With Lula specifically the runoff really saved things. The fact that it was even close. The fact that any of these chodes anywhere get as close as they do is both damming and terrifying. I'm so thankful they got a second chance in Brazil. But we really need to get ourselves collectively out of having all our eggs in an all or nothing basket. Have a real discussion about electoralism, the need for some of these offices, and the power they have.