Last week, I published my most engaged-with tweet in all my years of social media. It simply read, “Guys, do you feel like you’ve gotten poorer, too?”
The tweet reached more than 2 million users and had tens of thousands of likes, replies, and shares. I took that as a hint that, yes, Brazilians are feeling poorer.
“I went to the supermarket today and felt like I’ve gotten poorer since the last time I went to the shops,” replied one user. “In 2016, I was unemployed, and even then I didn’t have as much [financial] trouble as I do...
