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#TBT | Sócrates: “Win or lose, but always with democracy”
Yesterday Senhor Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira would’ve turned 66 years-old.
During his time with Corinthians, Sócrates co-founded the ‘Corinthians Democracy movement’, in order to challenge the club’s management.
They began to vote on every decision, no matter how trivial, with all votes equal, whether coming from the board of directors or the kit man.
Corinthians were the first club to use advertising slogans on their shirts and the team began printing political slogans on their jerseys such as “Democracia”, even adding the image of a splash of blood for effect.
The movement tried to turn the people in favour of direct presidential elections, encouraging Brazilians to vote, with “DIA 15 VOTE” printed on the back of their shirts.
They knew that the more people they convinced to vote, the more they could harm the dictatorship, however Corinthians didn’t urge people to vote for someone in particular, just to vote.
When Corinthians won the Paulista in 1983 against powerful rivals Sao Paulo, the players took a huge banner on to the pitch that read: “Win or lose but always with democracy”, a reference to the diminishing strength of the military dictatorship.
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