The article addresses the trajectory of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court, as he enters his final phase of career. The text analyzes the risks of granting exceptional prerogatives to a judge and surrounding him with excessive recognition.
The author cites Karl Marx, who in his analysis of capitalism imagined that individuals primarily seek money. The article argues that Marx was wrong, because what people actually crave is power and glory.
The text warns of the dangers of concentrating extraordinary powers in the hands of a single judge, suggesting that such concentration can generate institutional risks. The analysis uses Moraes's career as a concrete example of this issue.
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