On August 1st, President Donald Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on a host of Brazilian products—currently the highest for any country in the world other than India.
Excellent piece--would love to see more of this kind of comparative international political analysis at the TLP. Lula and Bolsonaro are the perfect prism to view Trump and American illiberalism. It is the ultimate proof of the 'horseshoe theory' and a perfect illustration of the fact that the real conflict at work in society right now is not between left vs right but liberal vs illiberal--and more narrowly liberal democratic governance and illiberal authoritarian governance--and that illiberal authoritarianism can not only manifest in both politically left-wing and politically right-wing form. As a result, illiberal leftists and illiberal right-wingers feed each other, hollowing out the political middle and pushing the general population towards ever greater extremes.
In that sense, Lula, Bolsonaro and Trump are all symptoms of the same disease.
Way to long. I stopped reading half way through. It seemed the only point was to compare the whole thing to Trump and 1/6 and the only people who care about that day are the ones on the left who can’t let it go. I guess I will always wonder if the much worse abuses of Biden will be pointed out the same way. SMH
Excellent piece--would love to see more of this kind of comparative international political analysis at the TLP. Lula and Bolsonaro are the perfect prism to view Trump and American illiberalism. It is the ultimate proof of the 'horseshoe theory' and a perfect illustration of the fact that the real conflict at work in society right now is not between left vs right but liberal vs illiberal--and more narrowly liberal democratic governance and illiberal authoritarian governance--and that illiberal authoritarianism can not only manifest in both politically left-wing and politically right-wing form. As a result, illiberal leftists and illiberal right-wingers feed each other, hollowing out the political middle and pushing the general population towards ever greater extremes.
In that sense, Lula, Bolsonaro and Trump are all symptoms of the same disease.
It is nice to know that someone has a more out of control judiciary than we do.
Way to long. I stopped reading half way through. It seemed the only point was to compare the whole thing to Trump and 1/6 and the only people who care about that day are the ones on the left who can’t let it go. I guess I will always wonder if the much worse abuses of Biden will be pointed out the same way. SMH