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Bolsonaro acts like the sociopath who killed his parents and then asked for clemency because he was an orphan.

"The constant confrontation between delusion and reality, between the real and the fictional/absurd, as Bolsonaro does, is a conscious strategy for consolidating power," writes columnist Jeferson Miola.

Bolsonaro participates in anti-democratic demonstration on Sunday, April 19, 2020 (Photo: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino)

On Sunday, April 19th, Bolsonaro gave a speech at a terrorist event that attacked democracy, the Constitution, and the powers of the Republic.

Faced with the crazed pack gathered in front of the Army Headquarters, howling slogans demanding “Military intervention with Bolsonaro in power"And the closing of Congress and the Supreme Court, the would-be Brazilian Hitler declared:"I'm here because I believe in you!".

The following day, during the usual outbursts of nonsense at the Alvorada Palace exit, Bolsonaro equivocated that the previous day's agenda "It was the return to work and the people going out into the streets.” [sic].

When one of his fanatical supporters – certainly still equipped with the mental chip programmed from the previous day – repeated the slogan to shut down the Supreme Court and Congress, Bolsonaro quickly intervened:No talk of shutting things down. Nothing needs to be shut down here, excuse me. This is a democracy, here we respect the Brazilian Constitution.".

And he added: “Apart from that, it's all made up, an attempt to set the nation on fire. still That's within the normal range.It is important to emphasize the adverb "stillfrom the phrase:the nation still That's within the normal range.“He said. The question that remains, therefore, is: until when will the country still will bewithin the norm"?

This manipulative behavior is typical of Bolsonaro. He's a diversionary tactician who says something and then contradicts himself; he lies and then contradicts himself.

With this technique, he constantly tests the resistance of institutions to his attacks and gradually erodes the newly "expanded" limits of legality until he finally manages to impose a dictatorial pattern of government "outside the norm."

Despite all the evidence, Bolsonaro is not stupid. He is tremendously clumsy and crude, which is something else entirely – an attribute, incidentally, highly valued in the common Bolsonaro sentiment.

Although prematurely ousted from his career, Bolsonaro preserved the narrow-minded culture, logic, and military reasoning. He skillfully wages the war against enemies invented, in which reality is permanently confronted by dystopian perspectives and distorted by untruth.

The constant confrontation between delusion and reality, between the real and the fictional/absurd, as Bolsonaro does, is a conscious strategy for consolidating power.

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [hereBolsonaro's behavior is consistent with Antisocial Personality Disorder [ASPD].

The manual describes that people with ASPD “They commit illegal, fraudulent, exploitative, and reckless acts for personal gain or pleasure without remorse; they may express their disregard for others and the law."; "They can deceive, exploit, defraud, or manipulate people to get what they want."; "They are often easily irritated and physically aggressive; "They lack empathy for others and may be disdainful or indifferent to the feelings, rights, and suffering of others."[here].

Bolsonaro is like the sociopath who killed his own parents and then had the blatant audacity** to plead for clemency from the jurors because he is an orphan!

** the word "chutzpah, from Yiddish [language of the Germanic subgroup adopted by Jewish communities], does not have an exact equivalent in other languages; it can be translated as "shameless audacity," which is well defined in the story of the boy who killed his parents and then pleaded for clemency from the jury because he was an orphan [In The Schopenhauer Cure, by Irvin D. Yalom].

* This is an opinion article, the responsibility of the author, and does not reflect the opinion of Brasil 247.