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There is a movement of "global stupefaction" driven by the extreme right
Angolan writer José Eduardo Agualusa warned today about the consequences of the "global stupefaction" promoted by the world's far right, considering that these movements are legitimizing crimes such as racism and xenophobia.
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"There is a movement of global idiocy. Racism and xenophobia are some of the expressions of human stupidity. So what these movements are doing worldwide is trying to legitimize what is most despicable in the way of being of humanity", said José Eduardo Agualusa, in an interview with Lusa, in Maputo.
For the Angolan writer, the legitimization of these arguments by political movements, sometimes with parliamentary space, makes this type of crime increase in society, pointing out, as an example, the Portuguese context.
"It is not that in Portugal there were fewer racists in the past. There were already racists. Probably, the same number or the same percentage. What happens now is that these same racists lost their shame (...) Now they feel legitimized and express themselves openly", observed the author of "The Winner of the Past".
Agualusa understands that politically the world is experiencing a setback, criticizing an alleged collective inertia in the face of the rise of these movements.
"In the same way that we cannot accept pedophilia or cannibalism, we cannot be conniving with this. Tomorrow someone will appear to defend cannibalism [...] And suddenly all the people who were hiding are defending cannibalism. This cannot be. So, I think that society as a whole must rise up when something appears that is clearly wrong", stressed the Angolan writer.
Agualusa criticized the rise of the extreme right in Brazil and the United States, warning of the loss of "spiritual values".
"We see a Trump or a Jair Bolsonaro. They are, first of all, poorly educated and rude people. How did these people get a stage? How did we give stage and expression to people like this? I can't understand", he said.
"My father was a right-wing man, but my father would never identify with rudeness, with rudeness. And that is what these right-wing parties are today. They are parties that despise women, that treat women badly. How is this possible", questioned the author.
Read Also: Agualusa acha legítimas "reparações históricas" de Portugal a ex-colónias (Portuguese version)
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