The vote of repudiation
I grew up with both feet on the right. Gradually they moved away from each other, until one of them stepped fearlessly on the left. It’s different from being on the wall, because this wall does not exist, after all, I agree with right’s arguments, such as economic freedom, while agreeing with left’s arguments, as the state monopoly of what is essential for human dignity, be it Education or Health.
I already talked about this:
What I did not say is that Bolsonaro should never have gotten so much attention. People who exalted him, or even like me, who condemned him for his actions, inflated a character that would go unnoticed in the doldrums of Congress, until he became a presidential.
As a child in search of attention, Bolsonaro shot hate words with gave him more spotlight, until people got used to his name. He embraced the aggression of a rabid dog and became the caricature materialization of all the hate groups that contaminate the social networks. An opportunity grew on the horizon, I imagine the moment he realized that this could lead him to the presidency.
Positioning himself as a “good citizen”, Bolsonaro invented a common enemy, the effective strategy of dictators like Hitler and Mussolini. Others are the problem, and the others are anyone in opposition, whether they are feminists, homosexuals, “pedophiles defending the gay kit” (a sex education proposal involving gender issues), or the Marxist media (Veja, The Economist, New York Times?).
Representative of white men (but not all), he opened the door to a violent government of the unenlightened elites, whose concern is to earn money and pay less taxes, building ever higher walls to move away from the poor. A painful echo of colonial Brazil, which perpetuates, fueling violence and poverty.
Whether they are subway stalkers, racists, neo-Nazis, encased homophobes, sexists who beat their wives, Fake News disseminators, and those who feel empowered with a white president holding guns, most people hide what really moves their personal campaigns for Bolsonaro under promises to end corruption and change in politics.
Change is essential, but not at the cost of reason. It’s unacceptable to replace a moderate left, which flirts openly with dictatorships, but which in 16 years of government has not taken more than one step in this direction, by an extreme right, which has direct connections with the military and openly extols dictatorship and violence. Of course the two options are bad, but there is a chasm between them.
Today, perhaps the best for Brazil would be a moderate right candidate, calming rivalries and diminishing polarization so that society would once again function within its false appearances (as a happy family of year-end advertisements), not as an angry crowd, crying out for “good citizens”. Social projects would suffer retrogression, but it would be a small price to pay for 16 years without alternating power.
Unfortunately everything is heading to another destination, where news of violence is becoming more common everyday. This is the real danger behind the extremism, empowering hate groups and risking the lives of innocents. Decades of minority struggle, science and ecology, can be lost by electing someone who does not even know for sure what to do with power, but who wants it more than anything.
For the first time I will vote for the PT (Workers Party). This is the cost of democracy, which I pay happy not to choose the convenience of those who exalt the Dictatorship. It’s ironic, why vote on a candidate to oppose him. No, it’s more than that. I vote for the opposition not to disappear into an ocean of fanaticism.
