MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
By Anthony Faiola & Marina Lopez @ WashingtonPost.com, Oct. 4
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazil for years reveled in its image as a post-racial, left-leaning society. Now Jair Bolsonaro — a far-right outsider who says he “loves” President Trump — has surged to the front of the pack in Sunday’s presidential election, sharply dividing Latin America’s largest nation.
To tackle runaway crime, Bolsonaro says, police should gun down more criminals. “A gay son is the result of a lack of beatings,” he once quipped, and insists that homosexuality should not be discussed in elementary schools. He once said that women — because they get pregnant — deserve less pay than men. He has called some minorities fat and lazy.
Like Trump, he embraces social media to reach legions of loyal followers. His rallies have become outlets for white men rattled by social and economic change. He has vowed to drain the swamp in the capital and make Brazil “great.” [....]
As this nation of 208 million goes to the polls Sunday, Brazil is a polarized, angst-filled place. The economy is floundering. Huge swaths of its political class are tainted by corruption. The homicide rate has reached epic highs.
Bolsonaro, 63, has advanced with a Brazil-first campaign that attacks the traditional press while grabbing headlines with tough talk and his own set of alternative facts. His popularity, some say, reflects the globalization of the anti-globalists and the rise of Western candidates who seek to exploit racial and social fault lines [....]
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A Brazilian Far-Right Populist and the Women Who Like Him
New polling data shows that Jair Bolsonaro’s social conservatism, law-and-order positions, and anti-corruption stance appear to be trumping his history of sexism.
@ TheAtlantic.com, OCT 4
Brazil far-right candidate gains women voters, despite sexist remarks
@ Reuters, Oct. 3
by artappraiser on Fri, 10/05/2018 - 1:48am
And in 2 years they'll be back...
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 10/05/2018 - 1:58am
by artappraiser on Sun, 10/07/2018 - 10:08pm
by artappraiser on Mon, 10/08/2018 - 9:57am
Fukuyama:
by artappraiser on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 1:57pm
On WSJ editorial support:
by artappraiser on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 2:00pm
good reply from above thread:
by artappraiser on Wed, 10/10/2018 - 2:07pm
by artappraiser on Thu, 10/11/2018 - 12:05pm