How to bring down Bolsonaro from 30%

On August 1st, the Bolsonaro government will complete 546 days. The list of misdeeds, aggressions against the constitution and humanity, breaches of decorum, lies, slander, insults, defamation, attacks on the press and freedom of opinion, blackmail, and authoritarian outbursts would make even notorious villains of humanity, such as Nero or Caligula, envious.

From the first day he uttered his first act of aggression, displaying his ignorance, swearing, and exhibiting his prejudices, he was mercilessly criticized by the opposition and the press that did not align itself with him. Accusations are made daily on social media and on the national news; complaints are sent to various bodies, from the Supreme Federal Court to the International Criminal Court.

And yet, poll after poll comes and goes, 30% of voters think everything is fine, that he's right, that everything will improve, and they're willing to vote for him again in the next election.

I don't know when the opposition will realize that simply denouncing, simply expressing indignation, simply ranting, demonizing, insulting, and mocking, as has been done since he took office, is not enough; it doesn't shake the convictions of the 30% who support him.

To understand why this is happening, the opposition should talk to those 30% while there's still time.

There are recent examples in Europe of opposition victories against the far-right in power where the tactic was not limited to simply attacking the extremist, but also to attracting part of their electorate, not with eloquent words, but with concessions in their government programs, which were fulfilled.

"One step forward, two steps back... It is something that happens in the lives of individuals, in the history of nations, and in the development of parties." (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, in "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back," 1904)