The banality of evil in Damares and the terrorists.

 When Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer responsible for the exile of approximately 6 million Jews

 for extermination in concentration camps in what was called the "final solution," was

 Tried in Jerusalem in 1961, the world was surprised by his coldness in stating that he did not

 I felt I had done something wrong because I was just a bureaucratic soldier in charge of

 to follow orders.

 The German Jewish philosopher, Hannah Arendt, even interviewed Eichmann in prison and from that

 The interview provided elements for his book, Eichmann in Jerusalem – A Report on the

 The Banality of Evil.

 In her work, Arendt argues that Eichmann had become a man devoid of morality, ethics, and...

 lacking critical thinking skills, whose sole purpose in life was to carry out Hitler's orders without...

 to reflect on them or make any judgment.

 From this point on, I would like to try to draw a parallel, which may seem somewhat...

 The forced comparison between Eichmann and Damares Alves, given the analogy between Adolf Hitler and Jair...

 Bolsonaro seems, in these recent times in which a real plan of... has been revealed.

 The extermination of the Yanomami ethnic group seems all too obvious.

 Like Hitler, as I've written before in

 https://bloganaliseeopiniao.blogspot.com/2023/01/hitler-o-fuhrer-e-bolsonaro-o-mito.html,

 Bolsonaro has argued, since his time as a congressman, that Brazil should do the following with our

 Indigenous peoples did what the American cavalry successfully did, namely, exterminate them.

 Therefore, the plan was not limited to the Yanomami, but extended to all other ethnic groups and only

 He did not achieve complete success because he was not re-elected and because Lula arrived in time.

 Roraima to prevent the continuation of the genocide.

 But if Eichmann felt no remorse whatsoever for his actions, what can be said of the former minister?

 Damares Alves, who is responsible for preserving Yanomami lands?

 Damares is what one might call a fundamentalist evangelical. She firmly believes that...

 Indigenous people live in sin because they do not recognize Christ and because they live naked, which is, in their view, a sin.

 vision, an aggression against morality and good customs. It is important to remember that this vision of the ex-

 The minister, constantly exposed to public opinion, has revealed an obsession with regard to

 to sex, often seen as something extreme, for example, when he stated that

 Children reportedly had their teeth pulled out to facilitate oral sex on Marajó Island, something never before seen.

 confirmed.

 Furthermore, he believes that indigenous children, because they live in the forest, isolated, sleeping in

 Those who hunt and fish, and are exposed to diseases and dangers, should be transferred to the nets.

 cities and adopted preferentially by evangelical couples who would save them. She herself,

 According to news reports, she kidnapped an indigenous child in the past and took her to live with her.

 In the peace of Christ. The girl, now a young woman, was indoctrinated and denies any wrongdoing.

 with her.

 During her time in government, Damares Alves worked hard to facilitate the entry of

 Evangelical pastors in indigenous villages for catechization. The NGO Missão Caiuá, an entity

 a missionary evangelist belonging to the Presbyterian Church, who received at least R$

 R$ 2,98 billion in payments and R$ 3,05 billion in contracts signed with the public sector.

 Since 2014, it has been one of those entities that even used airplanes from illegal mining operations to...

 To relocate to the villages. What can one expect from an entity like that?

 When I was Minister of Human Rights, to ensure the continued presence of indigenous children

 increasingly unbearable, forcing them to leave their lands and head towards civilization, the present day.

 The senator asked Jair Bolsonaro to veto the delivery of ICU beds and drinking water to

 Indigenous people in the midst of a pandemic. It was either accept Jesus or die. In both cases, without children,

 The Yanomami would have their death sentence signed because it would no longer be possible to...

 continuity of the ethnic group.

 In this sense, is it possible to draw a parallel between Damares and Eichmann?

 While Eichmann seemed like a robot in Hitler's hands, Damares acted driven by her own...

 Religious fundamentalism, insanely believing that they would be doing good.

 Indirectly, it was fulfilling Bolsonaro's plans, who wanted, without mincing words, pure and

 simply the extinction of the Yanomami people and all other indigenous people, facilitating the

 occupation of their lands by mining companies.

 The banality of evil is present in both cases, and this does not mean that punishment should be...

 to be lenient. In Eichmann's case, his crimes were punished by hanging. In the case of

 Damares, we expect an investigation, trial, and conviction worthy of the situation, in accordance with the State.

 of Law, although perhaps we will never see, as in Eichmann, the admissibility of the evils that

 committed.

 We must also consider what Hannah Arendt wrote in her work:

 "The execution of orders is mere blind obedience, regardless of whether the party asks for it."

 "Organizing food distribution or the extermination of an ethnic group."

 It is clear from these words that many of those who contributed to the Yanomami tragedy...

 They've made evil commonplace. And look at how Bolsonaro supporters expressed themselves on social media.

 social media outlets ridiculing the Brazilian Air Force for sending food to indigenous people or claiming that they are

 Venezuelans fleeing Maduro's dictatorship.

 "The mass citizen carries out orders, not out of hatred, because there is evil in his heart or

 "He premeditates atrocities, but the evil he does is a result of his lack of awareness of his actions."

 This phrase immediately brings to mind the terrorist attacks of January 8th. Note that

 Immediately after being arrested, the terrorists complained about the lack of Wi-Fi, air conditioning, and food.

 of high quality, as if oblivious to their new status as detained criminals. They executed

 Subliminal orders from their captain without a corresponding understanding of the crime they committed. It is

 That's why many didn't hide their faces and even recorded selfies, as if nothing had happened.

 They expected accountability.

 For these individuals, evil has been trivialized to the point of being confused with good. They

 They truly believed they were liberating Brazil from a communist threat, which was not the case.

 exists.

 An effort from the ministries of communication and education will be needed towards a

 The de-Bolsonarization of the country so that the notion of good or evil can be reassessed with

 Precision in the balance of our ethical and moral actions.

 Until that happens, Lula continues to put out the fires that Bolsonaro left behind.

 This, indeed, is evil without any banality.