If the bosonals lose control of this political capital, there'll be lots of other people who will try to inherit it. There is a very important difference between him and trump. And he definitely followed trump's play book in the sense that i'm not even going to try and pretend that i'm every one's president. I am governing for my supporters, those 30 %, 20 to 30% who are with me no matter what.
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
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