History UsefulNotes / JairBolsonaro

Much like former [[UsefulNotes/ThePhilippines Filipino]] president Rodrigo Duterte on the other side of the globe (with whom he also shares a similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - two of his most well-known detractors are Creator/ElliotPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him as someone who threatens the rights of minorities, especially members of the queer community. He himself sees Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio as something of an [[{{archenemy}} arch-nemesis]]. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it.

In 2022, Bolsonaro would run against Lula da Silva for re-election to the presidency. The initial results were inconclusive, with neither side securing a majority vote, thus necessitating a second round of voting some weeks later. The second round narrowly went to Lula[[note]]With a difference of a little over 2 million votes, putting Lula just shy of a 51% majority[[/note]], making him president for a third term. Bolsonaro refused to accept the election results and concede defeat, instead leaving Brazil for the United States. On January 8, 2023, in a parallel to the 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, supporters of Bolsonaro attempted to occupy government buildings in protest.[[note]]The major different being that the attack in Brazil occurred while the National Congress was adjourned for the weekend. As such, it's baffling why they thought storming ''empty'' government buildings would achieve something.[[/note]]

In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as a candidate, emulating a similar platform as UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many were skeptical of his chances of actually winning in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win being PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010 and ironically shares some similarities with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a [[NotSoSimilar left-leaning one]]) who is fairly divisive on his own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo of the time. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to (widely questioned) corruption charges and replaced with his running mate, former education minister Fernando Haddad. Not helping matters was the attempt on Bolsonaro's while campaigning, where a guy [[AssassinationAttempt stabbed him with a knife]], requiring him to be hospitalized. Bolsonaro won against Haddad the two election rounds as a result.

Jair Messias Bolsonaro (born 21 March 1955) was the 38th President of UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} and a retired [[UsefulNotes/BraziliansWithBazookas Brazilian Army]] military captain. Controversial is the ''mildest'' way anyone can describe him as his public figure has always been associated with it in one way or another. He became known when he publicly criticized the army for the low wages of its members, which got him into court-martial though he received a lot of support from his peers. He entered politics shortly afterwards and got into the spotlight once again in 1998 when he publicly praised the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime and UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet's rule over Chile, particularly regarding the Brazilian dictatorship as a "[[GoodOldWays glorious period]]" in their country's history, and their greatest mistake was that "they didn't kill enough". Needless to say, he drew a lot of condemnation from the public and human rights activists due to the extremely authoritarian nature of these regimes, specially in light of being still fresh in people's memories at the time (the former ended in 1985 while the latter ended in 1990).

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered a radical by others due to his outrageous statements condemning [[MalignedMixedMarriage interracial couples]], [[StayInTheKitchen women]] and [[HeteronormativeCrusader LGBT rights]], while [[DayOfTheJackboot favoring the military dictatorship]], [[TortureAlwaysWorks advocating torture]], death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other horrors. It would be hard to imagine someone like him being even considered as president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party) in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached (though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]]) and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer.

In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate, emulating a similar platform as UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many were skeptical of his chances of actually winning in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win being PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010 and ironically shares some similarities with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a [[NotSoSimilar left-leaning one]]) who is fairly divisive on his own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo of the time. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to (widely questioned) corruption charges and being replaced with his vice Fernando Haddad. Not helping matters was the attempt on Bolsonaro's while campaigning, where a guy stabbed him with a knife, requiring him to be hospitalized. Bolsonaro won against Haddad the two election rounds as a result.

Bolsonaro built his campaign on socially conservative, economically liberal policies: he supports the idea of smaller government and free market, while promising to crack down hard on crime and preserving Christian values. His gun ownership advocacy is one of his trademarks, but proved to be extremely polarizing, with a little more than half of Brazilians disapproving of it, with the other half agreeing with his viewpoint that Brazil, as a country that suffers from extremely high criminality rates, needs to arm citizens to fight against thugs, stating that drug dealers have access to automatic and high-caliber weapons while innocents have no means to defend themselves and argues that they should be able to "level the game". He has been very critical of "[[PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil cultural marxism]]" and condemned the UsefulNotes/EuropeanUnion as well as Communist regimes like UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} and UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} for promoting it, and dismissed secularism as "nonsense", viewing Brazil as a [[TheTheocracy Christian state]] where the minority has to adjust to the majority. [[note]]Brazil is a Catholic-majority secular state and Bolsonaro is a Roman Catholic, yet he enjoys a big support from Evangelical Protestants that hold a level of parliamentary power in the so called "Evangelical lobby" who are attributed to have secured Bolsonaro's victory.[[/note]]

As mentioned above, many people would consider him [[TransatlanticEquivalent the Brazilian equivalent to Donald Trump]], which Bolsonaro himself would definitely view as a compliment. His foreign policy is staunchly pro-American (specially towards the Trump administration) and pro-UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} (to the point he intends to close relations with the [[UsefulNotes/PalestinianTerritories State of Palestine]]). Bolsonaro has also show suspicion towards China, which also happens to be Brazil's economical partner in the BRICS, and intends to move away from its sphere of influence in order to formalize closer relationships with America. And before India saw a surge of cases in early 2021, Brazil was only behind the United States in countries most afflicted by the Usefulnotes/COVID19Pandemic, as Bolsonaro, like Trump, really downplayed the disease.

Much like Rodrigo Duterte on the other side of the globe (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - two of his most well-known detractors are Creator/ElliotPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him as someone who threatens the rights of minorities. He himself sees Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio as something of an arch-nemesis. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it.

In 2022, Bolsonaro would run against Lula da Silva for presidency. The initial results were inconclusive, with neither side securing a majority vote, thus necessitating a second round of voting some weeks later. The second round narrowly went to Lula[[note]]With a difference of a little over 2 million votes, putting Lula just shy of a 51% majority[[/note]], making him presidente for a third term. Bolsonaro refused to accept the election results and concede defeat, instead leaving Brazil for the United States. On January 8, 2023, in a parallel to the 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, supporters of Bolsonaro attempted to occupy government buildings in protest.[[note]]The major different being that the attack in Brazil occurred while the National Congress was adjourned for the weekend. As such, it's baffling why they thought storming ''empty'' government buildings would achieve something.[[/note]]

In 2022, Bolsonaro would run against Lula da Silva for presidency. The initial results were inconclusive, with neither side securing a majority vote, thus necessitating a second round of voting some weeks later. The second round narrowly went to Lula[[note]]With a difference of a little over 2 million votes, putting Lula just shy of a 51% majority[[/note]], making him presidente for a third term. Bolsonaro refused to accept the election results and concede defeat, instead leaving Brazil for the United States. On January 8, 2023, in a parallel to the 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, supporters of Bolsonaro attempted to occupy government buildings in protest.

In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate, emulating a similar platform as UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many were skeptical of his chances of actually winning in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win being PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010 and ironically shares some similarities with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a [[NotSoSimilar left-leaning one]]) who is fairly divisive on his own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo of the time. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to (widely questioned) corruption charges and being replaced with his vice Fernando Haddad. Not helping matters was the attempt on his life he suffered while campaigning, where a guy stabbed him with a knife, requiring him to be hospitalized. Bolsonaro won against him the two election rounds as a result.

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered a radical by others due to his outrageous statements condemning [[MalignedMixedMarriage interracial couples]], [[StayInTheKitchen women]] and [[HeteronormativeCrusader LGBT rights]], while [[DayOfTheJackboot favoring the military dictatorship]], [[TortureAlwaysWorks advocating torture]], death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other horrors. It would be hard to imagine someone like him being even considered as president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party) party in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached (though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]]) and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer.

Bolsonaro built his campaign on socially conservative, economically liberal policies: he supports the idea of smaller government and free market, while promising to crack down hard on crime and preserving Christian values. His gun ownership advocacy is likely what won him most support among the public as Brazil is a country that suffers from extremely high criminality rates and he proposes the idea of arming citizens to fight against thugs, stating that drug dealers have access to automatic and high-caliber weapons while innocents have no means to defend themselves and argues that they should be able to "level the game". He has been very critical of "[[PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil cultural marxism]]" and condemned the UsefulNotes/EuropeanUnion as well as Communist regimes like UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} and UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} for promoting it, and dismissed secularism as "nonsense", viewing Brazil as a [[TheTheocracy Christian state]] where the minority has to adjust to the majority. [[note]]Brazil is a Catholic-majority secular state and Bolsonaro is a Roman Catholic, yet he enjoys a big support from Evangelical Protestants that hold a level of parliamentary power in the so called "Evangelical lobby" who are attributed to have secured Bolsonaro's victory.[[/note]]

In 2022, Bolsonaro would run against Lula da Silva for presidency. The initial results were inconclusive, with neither side securing a majority vote, thus necessitating a second round of voting some weeks later. The second round narrowly went to Lula[[note]]With a difference of a little over 2 million votes, putting Lula just shy of a 51% majority[[/note]], making him presidente for a third term.

Jair Messias Bolsonaro (born 21 March 1955) is the 38th President of UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} and a retired [[UsefulNotes/BraziliansWithBazookas Brazilian Army]] military captain. Controversial is the ''mildest'' way anyone can describe him as his public figure has always been associated with it in one way or another. He became known when he publicly criticized the army for the low wages of its members, which got him into court-martial though he received a lot of support from his peers. He entered politics shortly afterwards and got into the spotlight once again in 1998 when he publicly praised the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime and UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet's rule over Chile, particularly regarding the Brazilian dictatorship as a "[[GoodOldWays glorious period]]" in their country's history, and their greatest mistake was that "they didn't kill enough". Needless to say, he drew a lot of condemnation from the public and human rights activists due to the extremely authoritarian nature of these regimes, specially in light of being still fresh in people's memories at the time (the former ended in 1985 while the latter ended in 1990).

%%Given how polarizing Bolsonaro is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

%%Given how polarizing Bolsonaro is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

Bolsonaro built his campaign on socially conservative, economically liberal policies: he supports the idea of smaller government and free market, while promising to crack down hard on crime and preserving Christian values. His gun ownership advocacy is likely what won him most support among the public as Brazil is a country that suffers from extremely high criminality rates and he proposes the idea of arming citizens to fight against thugs, stating that drug dealers have access to automatic and high-caliber weapons while innocents have no means to defend themselves and argues that they should be able to "level the game". He has been very critical of "cultural marxism" and condemned the UsefulNotes/EuropeanUnion as well as Communist regimes like UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} and UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} for promoting it, and dismissed secularism as "nonsense", viewing Brazil as a [[TheTheocracy Christian state]] where the minority has to adjust to the majority. [[note]]Brazil is a Catholic-majority secular state and Bolsonaro is a Roman Catholic, yet he enjoys a big support from Evangelical Protestants that hold a level of parliamentary power in the so called "Evangelical lobby" who are attributed to have secured Bolsonaro's victory.[[/note]]

As mentioned above, many people would consider him [[TransatlanticEquivalent the Brazilian equivalent to Donald Trump]], which Bolsonaro himself would definitely view as a compliment. His foreign policy is staunchly pro-American (specially towards the Trump administration) and pro-UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} (to the point he intends to close relations with the [[UsefulNotes/PalestinianTerritories State of Palestine]]). Bolsonaro has also show suspicion towards China, which also happens to be Brazil's economical partner in the BRICS, and intends to move away from it's sphere of influence in order to formalize closer relationships with America. And before India saw a surge of cases in early 2021, Brazil was only behind the United States in countries most afflicted by the Usefulnotes/COVID19Pandemic, as Bolsonaro, like Trump, really downplayed the disease.

Much like Rodrigo Duterte on the other side of the globe (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - two of his most well-known detractors are Creator/ElliotPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him as someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it.

* ''Literature/TheEagleDownUnder'': He actually pulls an military coup against president Michel Temer in an AlternateHistory scenario where Brazil is nuked by Islamic terrorists. Thankfully he fails though.

* ''Literature/TheEagleDownUnder'': He actually pulls an military coup against president Michel Temer in an AlternateHistory scenario where Brazil is nuked by Islamic terrorists. Thankfully he fails though.

Much like Rodrigo Duterte on the other side of the globe (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - two of his most well-known detractors are Creator/ElliotPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him as someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

In the following presidential election in 2018, Bolsonaro ran as an candidate, emulating a similar platform as UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump by presenting himself as an "outsider" who would defy the establishment. Just like Trump, many were skeptical of his chances of actually winning in no small part due to the most likely candidate to win being PT's representative Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, who also served as President for two terms in 2002-2006 and 2006-2010 and ironically [[NotSoDifferent shares some similarities]] with Bolsonaro: Lula is a populist (albeit a [[NotSoSimilar left-leaning one]]) who is fairly divisive on his own and also ran as an outsider during his previous presidential campaigns against the established status quo of the time. The game was changed when Lula was barred from running due to (widely questioned) corruption charges and being replaced with his vice Fernando Haddad. Not helping matters was the attempt on his life he suffered while campaigning, where a guy stabbed him with a knife, requiring him to be hospitalized. Bolsonaro won against him the two election rounds as a result.

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered a radical by others due to his outrageous statements condemning [[MalignedMixedMarriage against interracial couples]], [[StayInTheKitchen women]] and [[HeteronormativeCrusader LGBT rights]], while [[DayOfTheJackboot favoring the military dictatorship]], [[TortureAlwaysWorks advocating torture]], death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other horrors. It would be hard to imagine someone like him being even considered as president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party) party in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached (though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]]) and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer.

Jair Messias Bolsonaro (born 21 March 1955) is the 38th President of UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} and a retired [[UsefulNotes/BraziliansWithBazookas Brazilian Army]] military captain. Controversial is the ''mildest'' way anyone can describe him as his public figure has always been associated with it in one way or another. He became known when he publicly criticized the army for the low wages of its members, which got him into court-martial though he received a lot of support from his peers. He entered politics shortly afterwards and got into the spotlight once again in 1998 when he publicly praised the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime and UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet's rule over Chile, particularly regarding the Brazilian dictatorship as a "[[GoodOldWays glorious period]]" in their country's history, and their greatest mistake was that "they didn't kill enough". Needless to say, he drew a lot of condemnation from the public and human rights activists due to the extremey authoritarian nature of these regimes, specially in light of being still fresh in people's memories at the time (the former ended in 1985 while the latter in 1998).

As mentioned above, many people would consider him [[TransatlanticEquivalent the Brazilian equivalent to Donald Trump]], which Bolsonaro himself would definitely view as a compliment. His foreign policy is staunchly pro-American (specially towards the Trump administration) and pro-UsefulNotes/{{Israel}} (to the point he intends to close relations with the [[UsefulNotes/PalestinianTerritories State of Palestine]]). Bolsonaro has also show suspicion towards China, which also happens to be Brazil's economical partner in the BRICS, and intends to move away from it's sphere of influence in order to formalize closer relationships with America.

Much like Rodrigo Duterte on the other side of the globe (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - two of his most well-known detractors are Creator/ElliotPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

Bolsonaro built his campaign on socially conservative, economically liberal policies: he supports the idea of smaller government and free market, while promising to crack down hard on crime and preserving Christian values. His gun ownership advocacy is likely what won him most support among the public as Brazil is a country that suffers from extremely high criminality rates and he proposes the idea of arming citizens to fight against thugs, stating that drug dealers have access to automatic and high-caliber weapons while innocents have no means to defend themselves and argues that they should be able to "level the game". He has been very critical of "cultural marxism" and condemned the UsefulNotes/EuropeanUnion as well as Communist regimes like UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}} and UsefulNotes/{{Venezuela}} for promoting it, and dismissed secularism as "nonsense", viewing Brazil as an [[TheTheocracy Christian state]] where the minority has to adjust to the majority. [[note]]Brazil is a Catholic-majority secular state and Bolsonaro is a Roman Catholic, yet he enjoys a big support from Evangelical Protestants that hold a level of parliamentary power in the so called "Evangelical lobby" who are attributed to have secured Bolsonaro's victory.[[/note]]

For many decades, Bolsonaro was considered an radical by others due to his outrageous statements condemning [[MalignedMixedMarriage against interracial couples]], [[StayInTheKitchen women]] and [[HeteronormativeCrusader LGBT rights]], while [[DayOfTheJackboot favoring the military dictatorship]], [[TortureAlwaysWorks advocating torture]], death penalty and nuclear weapon development, and many, ''many'' other horrors. It would be hard to imagine someone like him being even considered as president, but his appeal among the public grew following a very turbulent time in TheNewTens that saw the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party) party in control being involved in a never-ending series of corruption scandals and president Dilma Rouseff being impeached (though depending on who you ask, she was [[InsistentTerminology subjected to a coup]]) and replaced by her Vice-President Michel Temer.

Jair Messias Bolsonaro (born 21 March 1955) is the 38th President of UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} and a retired [[UsefulNotes/BraziliansWithBazookas Brazilian Army]] military captain. Controversial is the ''mildest'' way anyone can describe him as his public figure has always been associated with it in one way or another. He became known when he publicly criticized the army for the low wages of its members, which got him into court-martial though he received a lot of support from his peers. He entered politics shortly afterwards and got into the spotlight once again in 1998 when he publicly praised the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime and UsefulNotes/AugustoPinochet's rule over Chile, particularly regarding the Brazilian dictatorship as an "[[GoodOldWays glorious period]]" in their country's history, and their greatest mistake was that "they didn't kill enough". Needless to say, he drew a lot of condemnation from the public and human rights activists due to the extremey authoritarian nature of these regimes, specially in light of being still fresh in people's memories at the time (the former ended in 1985 while the latter in 1998).

Much like Rodrigo Duterte on the other side of the globe (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - two of his most well-known detractors are Creator/ElliotPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

Much like Rodrigo Duterte on the other side of the globe (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - two of his most well-known detractors are Creator/ElliotPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech and and having smaller government, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

Much like Rodrigo Duterte on the other side of the globe (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - two of his most well-known detractors are Creator/ElliotPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech, arming the populace and having smaller government, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

Back in TheNineties he actually used to defend UsefulNotes/HugoChavez (being that they're both military figures who entered politics and defended/launched coups, eventually leading both their countries) and a more statist economic policy, with the government having a key role in national development and owning key sectors of the economy (which was actually the policy of the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime after its more liberal, smaller-government early years), to the point of voting in Congress against privatizations, [[OldShame but that's all in the past now]].

Back in TheNineties he actually used to defend UsefulNotes/HugoChavez (being that they're both military figures who entered politics and defended/launched coups, eventually leading both their countries) and a more statist economic policy, with the government having a key role in national development and owning key sectors of the economy (which was actually the policy of the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime after its more liberal, smaller-government early years), actually voting in Congress against privatizations, [[OldShame but that's all in the past now]].

Back in TheNineties he actually used to defend UsefulNotes/HugoChavez (being that they're both military figures who entered politics and defended/launched coups, eventually leading both their countries) and a more statist economic policy, with the government having a key role in national development and owning key sectors of the economy (which was actually the policy of the UsefulNotes/BrazilianMilitaryRegime after its more liberal, smaller-government early years), and actually voting in Congress against privatizations, [[OldShame but that's all in the past now]].

Much like UsefulNotes/RodrigoDuterte (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - two of his most well-known detractors are Creator/ElliotPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech, arming the populace and having smaller government, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.

Much like UsefulNotes/RodrigoDuterte (with whom he also shares an similar history of controversial statements), he is an extremely [[FlameWar hot topic]] not just in Brazil but [[AmericansHateTingle abroad too]] - two of his most well-known detractors are Creator/EllenPage and Creator/StephenFry, who view him someone who threatens the rights of minorities. His supporters point out that his policies run contrary to one who seeks to establish a fascist regime like promising to uphold free speech, arming the populace and having smaller government, while critics who at best, don't necessarily believe he will implement a dictatorship, believe that his policies will backfire in regards to environmental issues and granting access to weapons to anyone will further exacerbate violence than control it. Given how [[BrokenBase polarizing]] the man is, Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment applies.