Os primórdios do bolsonarismo: a utopia regressiva dos redpills

Abstract

In 2018, Jair Bolsonaro won the presidential election in an unexpected way, with the support of a solid and committed base. Under the radar of "academics, the press and politicians," a new political culture has emerged in forums and websites, here called "redpill." Galvanized by the ideas of the writer and polemicist Olavo de Carvalho and the "mitadas" of Jair Bolsonaro, redpill is a way of seeing the world as decadent and oppressive, positioning itself as a victim of "progressivism", "modernism" and "feminism". In response to what is perceived as violence, redpill uses "troll" humor in the search for shock and in small cells of intellectual formation in the rescue of lost "high culture". This paper discusses the conditions of possibility for the emergence of a right-wing youth, immersing itself in the codes and values of an "upside-down world" created by redpill in an attempt to overcome the "shock" and "astonishment" it can cause to those outside its codes. Works on "Bolsonarism" tend to prioritize its negative aspects, such as hatred and rejection of what is different. We will try to address the positive aspects that were able to elevate a candidate from the "low clergy" to the presidency of the republic. Between 2013 and 2018, a regressive utopia emerged in the boys who placed their hopes and expectations for a better future in Bolsonaro, fueled by military resentment against the memory of the 1964 dictatorship. This research looks at the construction of their own world of meaning that made Bolsonaro's victory in 2018 possible, in what we call here the "beginnings of Bolsonarism", the Redpill culture.