The Brazilian philosopher Vladimir Safatle gave an interview to Expresso in which he stated that Flavio Bolsonaro's victory represents "the end of Brazil as a national project". Safatle grew up marked by the political persecution of his father during the Brazilian military dictatorship and by the coup led by Augusto Pinochet in Chile, experiences that shaped his political perspective.
In the interview, Safatle states that there is indeed a sector of the Brazilian population that has made a long-term choice for the far-right. The thinker considers Brazil to be "the big problem for the USA today" and describes the far-right as a "conservative revolutionary force", a characterization that highlights his reading of the nature of the movement.
The philosopher also accuses the left of going through a deep "crisis of political imagination", suggesting that the inability to propose convincing alternatives may have contributed to the advance of the far-right in the country. This criticism comes in the broader context of his analysis of the Brazilian political situation and the future of the country as a collective project.
