The wavering God of the far-right bubbles

In 2018, the far-right god realized that the devil protecting the left was still lurking and instructed the Lava Jato task force in Curitiba to create a foundation. Deltan Dallagnol, the prosecutor with the most religious fervor, was given the mission of raising funds to create the institution.

Under God's orders, Deltan went out to collect money resulting from fines imposed on Petrobras in the United States during the Lava Jato corruption scandal. He kept accumulating it, because it seemed easy, and managed to amass a fortune of R$ 2,5 billion.

But God failed. People from within the Public Prosecutor's Office itself restrained Deltan, and the idea of ​​the foundation was aborted by the Attorney General's Office and the Supreme Court. It was one of the great failures of the far-right God in Curitiba.

Soon after, the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) revoked the registration of the candidacy and thus revoked Deltan's mandate as a federal deputy, understanding that the prosecutor became a candidate to avoid punishment against him in the MP's (Public Prosecutor's Office) internal affairs department. 

The investigation into the creation of the foundation, in the criminal area, continues to proceed, but without the pace of Lava Jato. If Deltan were to calculate how much help his God has given him so far, he might conclude that he came out losing.

On Saturday, he knelt before a crowd while speaking at the evangelical event The Send in Curitiba, preaching that only God can deliver Brazil from corruption. The former prosecutor and former congressman said:

"Remove from office those who practice corruption, God. Remove from office those who abuse their power. We declare with faith: Jesus Christ is the Lord of Brazil."

The God and Jesus Christ of the leaders of Bolsonarism, even the disguised or veiled Bolsonarism, have scores to settle with Deltan's group. The Bolsonarist who fared best, even if he is the one who demonstrates the least faith, was Sergio Moro.

He was elected senator and retained his seat, despite also being under investigation on several fronts. Moro knows when to retreat when the misguided rays of politics threaten to reach him.

The God of Bolsonaro, Michelle, Flávio, Malafaia, Eduardo, Nikolas, Damares, and Magno Malta is as clumsy as Tarcísio de Freitas's. They all have the same God, who to some appears more of a vacillator than clumsy and reckless, as is the case with Tarcísio de Freitas.

And there are those, even outside the religious world, who believe that they and their Bolsonaro allies, and only they, without any possibility of concessions to the left, only they have God's permission to do what they do.

Deltan, Michelle, Nikolas, Sóstenes, and those who consider themselves strong because of their religious origins and virtues believe that God acts within a fascist bubble, because only that bubble deserves His attention and protection.

When Deltan kneels and asks God to punish the corrupt, he knows that lightning will strike the heads of people from the extremist factions of Bolsonaro's supporters more than any other group.

But he insists, because the world that sustains them politically is increasingly connected to these beliefs that assure the far right the exclusive right to divine protection. If it doesn't work, it's because, as it says in the Bible, failure, error, and setbacks are also trials.

It was in an attempt to nurture these beliefs that, on November 18, 2022, in front of the Alvorada Palace, Braga Netto asked those who were waiting for the coup: "Don't lose faith." 

The general has been imprisoned since December 14, 2024. He was sentenced to 26 years in prison as a coup plotter. How many, among the convicted fools and Bolsonaro's leaders, are praying for him? 

Meanwhile, the far right continues trying to convince half of Brazil that God protects them through vigilante actions, plans to create billion-dollar foundations, and coup attempts. But the devil, who has no ideology because simply being the devil is enough, is no fool.