Haddad: Bolsonaro has the 'perverse habit of fueling the resentment of the squeezed middle classes'
The former mayor of São Paulo and PT presidential candidate in 2018, comments in an article in Folha de S.Paulo on social inequality. He cites a meeting he had in Paris with economist Thomas Piketty, who dedicates himself to the topic.
247 - "On the trip where Lula received the title of honorary citizen of Paris from the mayor, Anne Hidalgo—granted during his time at the Federal Police—we had the opportunity to visit the World Inequality Lab and meet the team led by economist Thomas Piketty," Haddad writes.
[...] "Bolsonaro seems engaged in the perverse practice of fueling the resentment of the squeezed middle classes. Guedes's fanciful statement about domestic workers going to Disney is more than just a prejudiced remark. It's a declaration that, in the economy, things will return to their normal order, everyone in their place."
"This might explain why someone who cuts Bolsa Família benefits in the Northeast, dismisses doctors during epidemics, transfers resources from education, praises mutinous police officers, and freezes the minimum wage still enjoys some consideration."