The Federal District begins this Saturday (19th) vaccination of 49-year-olds at five vaccination sites that will serve this group over the weekend (Photo: Fabio Rodriguez Pozzebom / Agência Brasil Location: Brasilia-DF)
By Hugo Silo
Confident patriot: “PT together with Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff destroyed Brazil.” Inappropriate Voter: “It’s just that President Jair Bolsonaro committed genocide; half a million Brazilians have died because of their stupidity and denial. “
Confident patriot: “But Lula is a thief, a liar and a cynic. He robbed state companies, broke the government and bought media in order to maintain his power. “ Inappropriate Voter: “The current president is doing the same. He uses government advertising funds to buy media and try to stifle press freedom. He joined the popular SBT, Record, Jovem Pan and the like to seduce evangelicals, retirees and vulnerable people who ask for help. “
Confident patriot: “If Bolsonaro kills, he tries to get in. He never closed a single commercial door. This is a victim of politicking. He is Christian, honest, protective of his family, and prescribes early treatment. Governors, STF togado and butchers in Congress interfere with the president … “
The transcription of routine, republican, and unsubstantiated WhatsApp debates, played by millions of people with different characters in virtual groups across Brazil, clearly demonstrates the political, moral, ethical and civilizational quagmire that the country has fallen into in the last few elections. … The arrogance and dissonance with the reality of systemic corruption seen in the governments of former presidents Lula and Dilma pushed the country towards the election of a false messiah. The same, until proven otherwise, now brings the nation back to Lula, as in the infinite pendulum of left-right-left-right. A phenomenon, colloquially, that describes a dog chasing its tail.
This Saturday, June 19, 2021, the day the country crosses the infamous 500,000 death toll, the resilience of political extremism dictates the rhythm of clashes between red, yellow-green, multicolored or faded on social media. Undeclared civil war. Thousands of Brazilians who have not yet entered the statistics are dying right now because they did not get immunized when they could.
In the economy, some of those behind closed doors condemn the decision of mayors and governors. Those who have already reopened are crying about the lack of consumers – either those who have already died or those who disappeared simply because of unwillingness to take risks.
Brazil, which is currently experiencing the worst of worlds ahead of the 2022 election race, is saving the core of old theories to shape its future. The first, known as the principle of relativity, introduced into modern science by Galileo Galilei, determined that any movement makes sense only in comparison with another point of reference. Second, harm reduction, which advocates for reducing the harm associated with actions that cause harm – the old known “less worse”. And finally, the economy. Ah, there are no theories for economics other than mass immunization and the resumption of normalcy. Whatever your side or argument, hold on tight. The elections are in progress.
* Hugo Silo is a columnist and business editor for IstoÉ Dinheiro magazine.
