The phrase “literally Hitler” is usually eyeroll-worthy, but I’m pretty sure Bolsonoro is literally literally Hitler. I don’t understand how he’s so popular when he stated in words that he wants a dictatorship. Even Trump’s not that extreme. But you can bet if Bolsonoro gets elected Trump will get chummy with him right away like he is with Putin and Kim. I just hope the Brazilian political system can keep Bolsonoro in check and stop him from turning its democracy into a fascist regime…

I mean he’s definitely a fascist authoritarian like Hitler. Personally I don’t like the way these Hitler analogies are used, not only because it’s trivializing but also because it sets Hitler up to be some kind of devil, like the Ultimate Worst Ever to be compared to, when he wasn’t even that special. He happened to be sitting on a confluence of situations that allowed him to have an unusually high body count, but he was building up on millennia of antisemitic rhetoric and hatred to commit genocide. Overemphasizing the horror of Hitler helps cover up the pogroms, purges, Inquisitions, slavery, and other myriad crimes that European Gentiles committed against Jewish people for millennia. It also gives people the false sense of security that the evil was defeated with him, particularly to Americans with their hero complex about WWII.

I think Bolobolo’s main body of supporters are making a very calculated and rational choice here. They know they’re not the people who will be worste hit by the kind of dictatorship he advocates, and that they’ll be put in a better position to exploit marginalized groups. Most German goyim were fine under Hitler, after all, prior to his wild incompetence with starting wars on two fronts and losing. It’s not mysterious that Bolerono gets so much support, it just means a whole lot of Brazilians are being evil uncaring assholes. Those fuckers know what they’re doing.

Brazilian situation is terrifying, I’m so scared for my gay and black friends, so scared of another dictatorship after only 30 years of another… And also was called names by a relative for saying that christians do not support torture… some of his voters are monsters like him, some are anti the other political part and blind by hate.

I’m so sorry. With any luck he won’t win the run-off, but even if he loses the terrible tide that’s risen won’t go away easily. The situation sounds frightening and awful.