{"id":5755,"date":"2023-01-11T15:21:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T22:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/?p=5755"},"modified":"2023-01-11T17:34:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T00:34:29","slug":"rejecting-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/?p=5755","title":{"rendered":"Rejecting democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been watching the attempted insurrection in Brazil, not with much shock, but with some anger. This is, of course, another expression of the right-wing authoritarians who are doing their best to fracture political systems around the world. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They stormed Brazil&#39;s National Congress and set fire to the carpet. They attacked presidential offices, rifled through papers and tried to barricade themselves inside. Videos show Jair Bolsonaro&#39;s supporters rioting in Brazil\u2019s government offices. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dpVKpXYIdo\">https:\/\/t.co\/dpVKpXYIdo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eMDQGA0rpf\">pic.twitter.com\/eMDQGA0rpf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1612505752207298584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Apparently Bolsonaro has been <a href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/3W462jf\">working with<\/a> Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, and perhaps other Trump-aligned fascist types, which is no surprise.<\/p>\n<p>I am glad to hear that President Lula da Silva <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/brazil-bolsonaro-protest-news-bannon-trump-january-6-us-capitol-insurrection\">responded swiftly<\/a>, and that it seems most people in Brazil continue to support him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width:60%;height:1px;text-align:center;margin-left:\"0\">\n<p>If you want to read a little more, here are some articles I&#8217;ve collected. <\/p>\n<p>From Yasha Mounk at <i>The Atlantic<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/01\/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-lula-january-6-riot-populism\/672678\/\"><strong>Brazil\u2019s \u2018January 6 Moment\u2019 Is a Warning<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>The threat from authoritarian populists endures.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Heather Cox Richardson<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/heathercoxrichardson.substack.com\/p\/january-8-2023\"><strong>January 8, 2023<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Rothkopf<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/brazil-is-just-the-latest-victim-of-the-global-fascism-virus\"><strong>Brazil Is Just the Latest Victim of the Global Fascism Virus<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jan\/09\/brazil-congress-jair-bolsonaro-supporters-storm-palace-supreme-court-world-leaders-condemn-violence\"><strong>World leaders condemn Brazil violence as US lawmakers call for Bolsonaro extradition<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/3GQxNqV\"><strong>Come to the \u2018war cry party\u2019: How social media helped drive mayhem in Brazil<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Researchers detected a surge in aggressive rhetoric from election denialists in far-right channels online ahead of Sunday\u2019s rioting<\/em> (gift link)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/steve-bannon-cheers-on-brazilian-freedom-fighters-trying-to-re-create-jan-6\"><strong>Steve Bannon Cheers on Brazilian \u2018Freedom Fighters\u2019 Trying to Recreate Jan. 6<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-64206484\"><strong>How Trump&#8217;s allies stoked Brazil Congress attack<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been watching the attempted insurrection in Brazil, not with much shock, but with some anger. This is, of course, another expression of the right-wing authoritarians who are doing their best to fracture political systems around the world. They stormed Brazil&#39;s National Congress and set fire to the carpet. They attacked presidential offices, rifled through papers and tried to barricade themselves inside. Videos show Jair Bolsonaro&#39;s supporters rioting in Brazil\u2019s government offices. https:\/\/t.co\/dpVKpXYIdo pic.twitter.com\/eMDQGA0rpf &mdash; The New York Times (@nytimes) January 9, 2023 Apparently Bolsonaro has been working with Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, and perhaps other Trump-aligned fascist types, which <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/?p=5755\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,27,4,172,6],"tags":[235,53,54],"class_list":["post-5755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","category-legal","category-politics","category-resistance","category-voting","tag-insurrection","tag-international-2","tag-politics-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13tCM-1uP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5755"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5760,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5755\/revisions\/5760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fierce.jnfr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}