Brazil almost voted for the son-of-fascist-attempted-coup. I'll take a Lula win, but how narrow it is it not reassuring. Same story around the world.

Not really. Brazil was close and will always be close. Serbia was 12 years and enough time to have younger generations grow up and see how awful it was first hand to want change. Nothing lasts forever and can easily go the other way over time, which we just saw over the past decade for many areas around the world. As long as people believe propoganda over facts the other guy will always have a chance. This just means they will revise their tactics and try harder next time.

British Columbia, Canada, may have just gone the other way and voted to a finding out phase, depending upon what the Conservatives act like there.

Lula genocided “criminals”

Serbia is an autocracy.

Op seems to have a skewed definition of authoritarianism.