A new letter to the Brazilian people

To secure victory and save Brazil from the abyss, Lula needs to offer guarantees to significant segments of society that still see the PT as a risk.

This risk currently has nothing to do with macroeconomic management. Voters in the interior of São Paulo state are not concerned with fiscal anchors, spending caps, or inflation targets.

Nor is there any real concern about Cuba or Venezuela.

The “ghost of communism,” still active, though so battered, is merely a smokescreen. It is in fact a code, used to suggest what can no longer be said openly.

Voters who still resist the PT, despite their dissatisfaction with Bolsonaro, do so out of fear that once in power, the party will implement aggressive attempts at "cultural reform."

In concrete terms, there are fears of expanding the scope of legal abortion and introducing policies in schools that encourage diversity of sexual orientations, under the pretext of defending tolerance or human rights.

This is what prevents the PT from winning elections with 70% of the vote or more, as would otherwise be natural.

The average voter agrees with a strong state presence in the economy and heavy investments in public health and education, but is radically opposed to the idea that the state can dictate rules regarding family matters.

Economic liberalism doesn't win votes. Bolsonarism relies almost entirely on conservatism regarding sexuality and family.

It should be noted that the average Brazilian is not necessarily opposed to homosexuality and, in fact, tends to treat specific cases of homosexuality with respect, as a matter belonging to the private sphere.

The objection raised against the "left" in family gatherings, Bolsonaro rallies, and religious services is related to the fear that the PT (Workers' Party) will install figures like Damares in power, but with the signs reversed (Damares with blue hair, so to speak).

In other words, there are fears that the state, within the school environment, will expose children and adolescents to materials and discourses that relativize the common, established understanding of family, marriage, and sexuality.

The average voter today sees the state, as well as the mainstream media, as an enemy when it comes to the education of their sons and daughters.

The average voter today sees school as a high-risk space, fearing that the hard-won education provided at home will be reduced to dust within the school environment, under the pretext of "education for diversity".

The average voter feels betrayed by the state and despairs at the thought that their sons and daughters could be turned into guinea pigs and subjected to attempts at cultural experimentation.

In this context, Bolsonaro is a remedy often accepted reluctantly. The average voter suffers from the return of inflation and poverty and is not necessarily in favor of a military coup. However, such is the fear aroused by the idea of ​​the state attempting to assume the moral education of children and adolescents that any other issues, however vital, tend to be treated as secondary.

Poverty is chosen to protect sons and daughters. The destruction of institutions is accepted in the name of moral autonomy in the domestic sphere. That is what is at stake. That is what makes the supposed "imperfection" a political banner.

To dispel the legitimate fears of the middle and lower classes, currently plagued not by the fear of communism, but by the fear of cultural vanguardism, it is necessary for the PT (Workers' Party) to make an unequivocal commitment to rescuing traditional school education, centered on the study of science, history, geography, and mathematics.

The people clamor for education, but ask to be left in peace regarding issues related to marriage and sexuality.

There is a religious war underway in Brazil that could end today with a simple declaration—set in stone—that the state, under the PT administration, will not compete with families regarding the education of children and adolescents on matters of marriage and sexuality.

If the PT, trusting in the common sense and decency of the Brazilian people, commits to respecting the private sphere, it will govern Brazil for the next 20 or 30 years, bringing Brazil to a level of social well-being equivalent to that existing today in Europe.

This is the fundamental point, to which two others must be added: rejection of abortion, as already mentioned, except in the extreme cases already provided for by law, and rejection of the legalization of drugs.

Society is aware of the problems caused by drug trafficking, but sees the legalization of drug use as a bigger problem. The state needs to take this into account and continue working to suppress consumption and trafficking, whatever the cost.

Regarding abortion, little needs to be said: it is not the state's place to decide on matters of life and death, except in times of war, under exceptional and strictly regulated conditions. The state cannot authorize deaths, just as the state itself cannot kill. Matters of life and death simply fall outside the state's competence. This is a basic and uncontroversial lesson of natural law. In any case, in the context of the religious war currently underway, it is necessary for Lula to solemnly declare that he will work to defend the sanctity of life.

The new letter to the Brazilian people will need to contain, in summary, three points, which could be summarized in an oath:

"I pledge to defend the right to education, respecting the autonomy of families; I pledge to respect and defend the sanctity of life, from conception to death; I pledge to protect and promote public health, committing myself to working against and, if necessary, vetoing any attempt to legalize drug use in the national territory."

This is what separates Brazil from independence and development. These are the banners to which the elites hypocritically cling to continue promoting the exploitation of the Brazilian people. Lula, as a great national leader, in addition to being a great party leader, is the one who can restore the unity of the Brazilian people, guaranteeing to the population that the PT will respect the autonomy of families in matters of moral education, sexuality, and marriage. Brazil cries out for the PT and needs the PT. It is necessary that the PT do its part and know how to exercise its historical role with greatness and clarity.