SOCIÓLOGO PORTUGUÊS: “FEZ O ADVERSÁRIO PEDIR DESCULPAS, É MUITO GRANDE” | Cortes 247

This election, this campaign, was a contest between Lula da Silva and Donald Trump. >> There was indeed a banana fascist, so to speak, who got involved, but he wasn't what truly mattered. It was really a global far-right movement seeking control and the looting of natural resources through a process of recolonizing Latin America.

This recolonization process is very clear because, just like in colonialism , it isn't just about looting natural resources, but it required military support, and that support is the Shield of the Americas. Therefore, Brazil was going to join the Shield of the Americas directly, just as Colombia is doing. So, this means that, first, the global

strategy of the far-right is not invincible. It is not invincible. It is possible to stop it. It is possible to stop it, and then we can discuss what needs to be done to stop it. Secondly, I think that Brazil, President Lula's campaign, learned in an extraordinary way, in my view, because I believe this campaign of Lula's,

especially in the runoff, had absolutely exceptional characteristics, which is the combination. For the first time, as a sociologist who follows these trends, I have never seen such a strong articulation between the digital world and the streets. That is, it wasn't just a digital campaign; it wasn't just the networks. That is the great strength of the

far-right: using the networks and, therefore, colonizing minds through the digital world and digital capital. It was the possibility, in an innovative and technically perfect, well-honed way —as shown by the Lula army of Janones— extremely sophisticated, yet accompanied by people on the streets. I must say that since 1985, it's been many years, I hadn't seen so many