Shouldn't slaves leave the slave quarters, Pondé?
An article published by the "philosopher" Luiz Felipe Pondé this Monday represents the quintessence of reactionary thought; according to him, the Workers' Party, created by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the heat of the ABC strikes, should return to the factory floor, "from where it should never have left"; by this same perverse logic, the slave should never have left the slave quarters, the woman should never have left the kitchen, the gay person should never have come out of the closet, and Danuza Leão's doorman should never have gone to Paris; as much as, or even more than, criticism of corruption, it is this selfish mentality that today fuels the discourse of hatred towards the PT.
247 - An article published by the "philosopher" Luiz Felipe Pondé in Folha de S. Paulo (learn more hereThis served to expose the mechanics of reactionary thought. "We have to recognize: we have reached the end of an era. The PT is living its autumn. It's better to return to the factory yard where it was born and from where it should never have left," he said.
The Workers' Party (PT), as is well known, was born in the heat of the ABC metalworkers' strikes in 1980, when then-worker Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva led crowds at rallies in Vila Euclides, São Bernardo do Campo (SP). It came to power in 2002 and represents the most successful experience in building a mass party in the second half of the 20th century. Since then, the PT has governed a continental country and today also holds five state governorships and more than 700 mayoralties.
According to Pondé, however, it's time to return to the factory floor, from where the party should never have left. After all, workers have to obey. Workers cannot be bosses.
This perverse logic allows for some questions to be asked of the philosopher:
1) Should black people return to the slave quarters, from where they should never have left?
2) Should women return to the kitchen, from where they should never have left?
3) Should gay people go back into the closet?
4) Should the Palestinians accept the oppression imposed by Benjamin Netanyahu?
The social order expressed by Pondé is averse to the concept of equality. It even recalls the thinking of former columnist Danuza Leão, who said that Paris lost its charm after she discovered that her doorman could also visit the City of Lights (remember?). here the case).
Furthermore, one more question: should Danuza's doorman return to the guardhouse, from where he should never have left?
This type of discourse, as much as or even more than the rejection of corruption, is what fuels the preaching of hatred towards a political party. As political scientist André Singer expressed in an interview published this weekend, there is a phenomenon to be studied in Brazil: the rejection of the Brazilian people by the elite.