When crows are bred

On October 02nd, the Brazilian people will choose the President of the Republic, senators, and representatives. As many know, the 2022 election will not be just another election, but the election that will decide the course of Brazil. It will be the moment when the population chooses between civilization and barbarism. This barbarism has already prevailed for almost four years, leaving trails of blood, incivility, attacks, and deaths throughout the country. Thus, it will be up to the people to decide which paths our immense nation of the hopeless will follow.

While time is of the essence, the data is rolling. Some "coalitions" are still being formed and support continues to be forged. In the progressive camp, there is a consensus that those who truly defend freedoms and the democratic rule of law should be united in pursuit of an inclusive, democratic Brazil, free from any form of hatred. It cannot be ignored, however, that there are names that have chosen to ally themselves with the rot that has taken over the country, shouting to the four winds against a "left-wing fascism" that only exists in their tiny minds and in their absurd speeches. These individuals have chosen to be auxiliary forces of the fascism that has been established in Brazil since the coup that deposed President Dilma, giving voice to the nefarious creatures that had been banished to the sewers of history with the end of the military dictatorship.  

To the despair of many, polls indicate that the left-wing candidate could win in the first round, which has caused an uproar among the fascist hordes, making them increasingly violent to the point of killing opposition voters and assaulting journalists, preferably women. The inability to prove the origin of the fortune in cash used to buy real estate for the clan in power has further tarnished the image of the candidate who is stuck in second place in the aforementioned polls. Without arguments, proposals, or even the ability to articulate a linguistically comprehensible discourse, the far-right candidate shows visible exasperation at the increasingly evident possibility of losing the election, which would imply having his hundred-year-old secrets revoked, his misdeeds investigated, and, in the end, being imprisoned.

The potential downfall of the extremist politician and, consequently, the weakening of his fanatical followers will also represent the moral collapse of the "elites" who financed the destruction of the country by opposing the social inclusion policies carried out by the Lula and Dilma governments. The aporophobia of these people had as its Trojan horse a large part of the Brazilian press, which contributed enormously to the demonization of the PT governments, daily praising the recurring irregularities of Operation Lava Jato, led by the crude former judge "chess player" and the "sons of Januário" who, incidentally, remain free and at large, while the country plunged into backwardness, misery, and authoritarianism. Today, many of those responsible for the destruction of Brazilian companies, abusive coercive detentions, arbitrary arrests, and even deaths, such as that of Luiz Carlos Cancellier de Olivo, rector of UFSC, desperately seek privileged jurisdiction to call their own. But why, if everything was done according to the law? 

In the case of the corporate press, some of the journalists who helped undermine Brazilian democracy by supporting clearly fascist ideas are now suffering from the backlash they created. And there are many of them! Even so, not a peep of self-criticism is heard from them. Even acting as they do, it is essential that we, as a society, prevent the backlash from plucking out their eyes. And yes, that is what we must do; it is in defense of freedom of expression and democracy. A few "uncles" jumped ship when the storm began to form. But the majority, even feeling their eyes being pecked out, and almost one-eyed, remain firm and strong, with their artillery ready and aimed at the possible next government of Mr. Lula da Silva. 

Speaking of corporate media and its trained journalists, with the approach of the elections we can only imagine what the covers of weekly magazines and the front pages of major newspapers will be like on the upcoming weekends. What will be the "bombshell" capable of "damaging" the progressive candidacy that leads the polls? Could the "viper candidate" be a friend of the woman from the abandoned house? In what multiverse would he own a triplex or, perhaps, even a country estate? How much money would he have spent to get all those people, at every show, to shout his name at Rock in Rio? Whatever the case, the fact is that the Brazilian corporate press, the voice of the slave-owning elites, is not asleep at the wheel, and will not make it easy to return the country to the people. But they will do nothing surprising, because... modus operandi It's worn out, old, and well-known.