The Pandemic in Rio De Janeiro

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Bosonaros popularity went up among the poor, despite his disastrous handling of cove 19. It showed him as more in touch with their reality than any one telling them to stay at home when they had no option but to go to work. And then there was also, of course, this bolsa familia style emergency cash transfer that bosinaro orchestrated. But you suggest that it's even more than this, that the right is in touch with the deathly vibe of the pandemic and its neo liberalism from below taking its most morbid turn possible.

How neoliberal conditions create popular constituencies, ideologies, and subjectivities among poor and working-class people for a violent, mean, and repressive neoliberalism—and how those reactionary politics from below converge with those generated from above. Political theorist Rodrigo Nunes analyzes Bolsonarismo (the ideology and politics surrounding far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro) and far-right politics everywhere. Read Rodrigo's essays: radicalphilosophy.com/article/of-what-is-bolsonaro-the-name publicbooks.org/are-we-in-denial-about-denial Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig and get that newsletter