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2022-07-20T10:36:32.045Z


Why Brazil's election campaign in 2022 is even more violent than in 2018 In the 2018 electoral campaign, in Brazil, the resentful came out of their cocoon to metamorphose upside down. Proud of their essence, they beat up LGBTQIA+ people, yelled at blacks to “go back to the barracks”, swore to sweep away the indigenous people of the Amazon, destroyed Afro-Brazilian religious centers. It was the revenge of those resentful who had accumulated resentment for decades agains


In the 2018 electoral campaign, in Brazil, the resentful came out of their cocoon to metamorphose upside down.

Proud of their essence, they beat up LGBTQIA+ people, yelled at blacks to “go back to the barracks”, swore to sweep away the indigenous people of the Amazon, destroyed Afro-Brazilian religious centers.

It was the revenge of those resentful who had accumulated resentment for decades against the advancement of rights and what they call "the prison of political correctness."

His action was decisive in electing his spokesman, then-candidate Jair Bolsonaro.

The 2022 election campaign, in which Bolsonaro is seeking re-election, is much worse.

After almost four years in power using the state machine to undermine democracy, Bolsonarism has infiltrated its rotten roots deeper into Brazilian institutions and civil society organizations.

If in 2018 the worst attacks were carried out by individuals or groups, in 2022 they come from parliaments and associations.

Although both scenarios are creepy, the difference is substantial.

And it shows that the corrosion of Brazilian society will still be more difficult to reverse than the most pessimistic think.

Like Smith's character in the iconic

Matrix series

, Bolsonaro replicates by millions.

Even if he is not re-elected nor is he capable of carrying out the coup that he is preparing in case he loses, thousands of Bolsonaros will be re-elected in Parliament and will continue to hold positions of power in all spheres.

Among the most recent attacks committed by public institutions is the request presented by a supporter of Bolsonaro in the State of Santa Catarina to open an Investigation Commission.

The deputy Ana Campagnolo wants to investigate a girl who at the age of 10 became pregnant after being raped and, although it is a legal right, she only managed to abort after fighting a lot.

To open an investigation in that Parliament, 14 votes are needed.

Campagnolo got 21: more than half of the deputies are willing to use her mandate to criminalize a girl who is now 11 years old and has already suffered rape, pregnancy and abortion.

Among the most recent attacks by civil society organizations is the letter that industry associations and federations in Pará sent to the Presidency of the Republic calling for it to abandon Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization, which establishes the need to carry out a “free, prior and informed” consultation with the indigenous and traditional communities that may be affected by economic projects.

In 2021, the Amazon lost 18 trees per second, but the economic elite of the champion state in deforestation feels authorized to demand that the guardians of the forest be officially silenced.

Just over a week ago, a man invaded the party of another who was celebrating his birthday with pro-Lula decorations in the city of Foz de Iguazú.

He shot him dead, in front of all the guests, shouting "Here we belong to Bolsonaro."

The Civil Police affirmed that it was not a political crime.

And much of the press blamed not Bolsonaro's destruction of adversaries, but "polarization," as if both sides were equally violent.

This is how a country rots.

Bolsonaro may lose the elections, but the bestiality of what he represents not only circulates through the streets in broad daylight, as in 2018, but, in 2022, he also leads a large part of the institutional apparatus in all areas.

Bolsonaro has already won, even if he loses.

And defeating him will be a fight that will last much longer than a generation.

Translation of

Meritxell Almarza

Source: elparis

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