/565/ New Right Modernizers? ft. Orlando Lima [in Portuguese]

On Brazil and national reconstruction.

In our first ever episode in Portuguese, Alex speaks to Orlando Lima (editor of Valete, in-house magazine of new right-wing party, Missão) about the party and how Orlando came to be a "right-wing Zizekian".

Video with English subtitles and AI dubbing available at YouTube

Are left and right still meaningful identifiers?

Is Brazil actually "pre-modern"? What does modernization entail?

What is patrimonialism and how can it ever be good?

How can a War on Crime not lead to repression and gangsterism?

What about inequality?

How is Missão similar or different to radical-right parties in Europe or North America?

Links:

Can Anyone Save Brazil, Alex Hochuli, UnHerd

The Duck-Billed Platypus, Chico de Oliveira, NLR