Strongmen like Trump would destroy the planet out of pure spite – and Brazil shows we’re all in peril

  

"What might Bolsonarismo teach us? First, it appears there is no limit to the perversity of the ruling class, which would rather there was nothing left to share than cede any fraction of the planet to the poor.

Second, that it possesses all the tools – social and traditional media, the pulpit and the gun – required to make its perversity look like common sense, or at least irresistible, as force is deployed. Third, that the only defence we have against suicidal gullibility is what the Brazilians call conscientizaçao: raising awareness about the relations between exploiters and exploited, and the violence that underpins them. 

 

Otherwise all that is good, trusting and hopeful in humanity can be harnessed for a war against everyone and everything."

 

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Strongmen like Trump would destroy the planet out of pure spite – and Brazil shows we’re all in peril | George Monbiot | The Guardian