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A Brazil Native Explains a Hack on how in the Favela they get Free Electricity, Thoughts?

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This video explains how residents in Brazilian favelas, particularly those living in non-registered areas or alleys, manage to access electricity and water without paying official bills. The process involves tapping into existing electrical grids, a practice facilitated by the lack of formal address registration with the government, meaning these residents do not officially 'exist' to utility companies.

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This is classified, but why would have so much wives? >> [music] >> Well, my friends, mostly everybody don't pay electricity inside of a favela, and even water. I have a teddy bear inside of it and I never paid. Let me explain. Let me explain. I'm not a criminal, you know, but inside of a favela, if we live on the main street you have a address. The system, [music] the government register your house, you got to pay. If we live on the alley, you don't have address. So, for the government you don't exist. So, [music] you don't pay. So, all the people on the main street they pay taxes.

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