How Do You Manage to Walk That Tightrope?

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I don't remember fighting with anyone in my family or my friend circle because of the election. And that's really rare to find in Brazil. Like I'm still friends with those people because they are not fascist. But for me it's more like trying to understand where they come from. More on the same that we have sense in the left and the right. Many horrible things have happened. But it's important to understand that Bolsonaro is not different. He's doing the same or worse with many more additions in terms of his authoritarianism and violence.

Tabata Amaral is a Brazilian politician currently serving as a federal deputy for the center-left Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), representing the state of São Paulo.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Tabata Amaral discuss her journey from a childhood of poverty to her admission to Harvard and her election as one of the youngest congresspeople in Brazil; how Lula’s ideologically diverse coalition was able to oust President Jair Bolsonaro; why Bolsonaro continues to enjoy broad support; and how Brazil can unlock its future by fighting corruption and improving basic education.

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