Much like the U.S. 2020 presidential election, Brazil saw an incumbent populist, Jair Bolsanaro, swept from power by a left-wing career politician who enjoys the unanimous support of media, academia, the financial sector, and the country’s legal institutions.
On Jan. 8, the capital city of Brasilia saw protesters storming the country’s Congress, Supreme Court, and the presidential palace. Citizen frustration apparently boiled over into a destructive act of vandalism.
The most important similarity to Jan. 6, 2021, however, is the impending persecution of political opposition in Brazil that is inevitably approaching.
Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has also ordered social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok to block accounts of users who spread messages deemed “anti-democratic” or “coup-mongering.”
This sounds awfully familiar, doesn’t it?
The American left believes that Jan. 6, 2021, provides the concrete example that they need to argue that they are literally fighting Nazis. And since that is the ultimate evil, all measures are subsequently justified in the fight.
This “us versus them” narrative is imperative to justify the silencing of political opposition—good guys fighting bad guys.
Similarly, Bolsanaro is the central target of all ire of the Brazilian political establishment. Lula has already attributed the protests to the words and actions of his “genocidist” predecessor.
This should also sound familiar. The primary evil villain in our scenario is, of course, Trump. But what is an evil villain without his loyal henchmen? Enter all Americans who have recognized the abject corruption of the current regime (it doesn’t matter whether you’re a Trump fan or not).
Likewise, all supporters of Bolsanaro will be roped into something resembling the “insurrectionist” category here in the United States. Political demonization, legal persecution, and mass censorship will follow for all who reject the legitimacy of the Lula regime.
But don’t take my word for it. Their intentions aren’t hidden. Here are a few examples floating around the media right now.
The biased and objectively false label “anti-democracy” riots perfectly encapsulate The New York Times’ central role as a left-wing propaganda outlet and regime apologist. However, it also reveals an important premise of the aforementioned narrative that portends increased political persecution that is incoming not only in Brazil, but right here in the United States: refusing to abide by corruption is synonymous with “anti-democracy.”
Biden, in his Jan. 6 speech, spent a significant amount of time not only demonizing the former president and his supporters, but also discounting the primary impetus behind the events of Jan. 6, 2021, in general: the notion that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
The political establishment, of which the president is a mere mouthpiece, and their media enablers have utilized the riots of that day to enact the standard that any attempt to question the election’s perfect fairness is in itself de facto insurrection.
This is the central premise of the entire effort to make Jan. 6, 2021, into a day of infamy. Without it, the Capitol riots were just a group of rabble-rousers trespassing on federal property. With it, it was a violent coup being directly orchestrated by the incumbent president, siccing his political minions in the People’s House to retain power.
The international left—leaders in politics, academia, media, and industry—who largely abide by the principles and worldview of supranational forums such as the World Economic Forum, perceived the revolutionary rise of populist movements (Trump, Bolsanaro, Brexit, etc.) in the latter half of the 2010s as an existential threat to their hold on power. The subsequent counterattack has been coordinated and effective.
However, the populist phenomenon, much to the latter’s dismay, hasn’t receded. Instead, it’s increasing. It may not feel like this at times, but one only needs to observe how the regime moves and operates in order to ascertain what they are truly concerned about.
Consider the fact that Biden’s Jan. 6 speech reeked of fear. No, not fear about “democracy dying"—instead, fear of the American people.
Every day, more and more are catching on to the rigged game going on in Washington. The sulphuric stench of the D.C. swamp has become so pungent that it’s impossible not to catch a whiff. The hazy cloud of corruption and hypocrisy has settled across the nation, from sea to shining sea.
The inability to honestly and openly discuss COVID-19 vaccines.
That’s just to name a few. There are myriad other examples that demonstrate the current contradictions in the system. New revelations about our elitist corruption are released daily, awakening even more potential discontent. However, this phenomenon isn’t constrained by geographic boundaries but has instead spread across the world.
There is a reason that the protesters in Brasilia were clad with the yellow and green of their nation’s flag. Patriots in every country are waking up to the malign forces attempting to tear apart their families, traditions, and way of life.
Brazil is the latest hot spot in this struggle—but it won’t be the last.
We must, therefore, take heart and continue to seek the truth. Although the political clampdown is sure to intensify, it is necessary to remember that fear is always found where insecurity resides.
Elites around the world—from Washington to Brasilia to Davos—are aware that populist rage is rising in opposition to their hold on power.
And they are afraid. Very afraid.
