The worst thing about Brazilian politics is the MBL.

Of all the business, political, and media organizations that wield political influence in post-coup Brazil, none is as malevolent and potentially dangerous to the nation as the Free Brazil Movement (MBL). Created in 2014, the organization played a decisive role in the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, attacked the Black, feminist, and LGBT movements, and censored art exhibitions. But with millions of followers on social media, hidden funders, and shady interests, this political movement could cause even worse damage if left unchecked. The MBL is the conduit for middle-class hatred, plutocratic politics, and fascism in the country.

The movement, which defines itself as liberal, actually acts as the main voice of Brazilian conservatism. It supports evangelical, rural, and business-oriented parliamentarians, wages a veritable crusade against the LGBT movement, and, despite claiming to be non-partisan, receives funding from right-wing parties and promotes hatred against left-wing parties, especially the PT (Workers' Party). The MBL's conservatism – as well as its power and influence over public opinion – reached its peak when it promoted the censorship of the exhibition "Queermuseu: Cartographies of Difference in Brazilian Art," which reminded us of the fascist authoritarian times of the military dictatorship.

The group's fascism, incidentally, is nothing new. One of its members in traditional politics, São Paulo city councilman Fernando Holiday, was already using alarmist rhetoric long before the closure of the Santander Cultural exhibition. Despite being Black, he attacked the racial movement, stating outright that Black people in Brazil were "victimizing themselves" in the face of a reality that was in no way racist. Holiday, like a slave overseer, made the attack on Black people the central theme of his campaign, promising to fight against quotas, Black Consciousness Day, and other victories won with much bloodshed and struggle by Black citizens. Next year is an election, and the movement promises to elect more Holidays with similar speeches. The risk is enormous.

Kim Kataguiri's group seems to be involved in everything bad that has happened in politics in recent years: the unjust impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the labor reform – which took away workers' rights, the "school without political parties" movement, and Temer's privatizations. The movement also supports the bizarre international policy of US President Donald Trump and is delighted with the clumsy actions of the mayor of São Paulo. João Dória, in fact, is the apple of the MBL's eye: the group has already made it clear that it will spare no effort to see him in the Planalto Palace in the next elections.

Not even traditional media, such as newspapers and television, seem to have as much influence over young right-wing conservatives as the MBL (Movimento Brasil Livre - Free Brazil Movement) does on its social networks. To make matters even more tragic, no politician or even party has defended as many negative agendas over the past few years as the Movimento Brasil Livre. And this is how the egg of fascism is being hatched in Brazil: within the middle class, under a non-partisan guise and with a great deal of hatred to spread.