Elmo De Souza

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

When will this madness stop?

[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

BRAZIL SHOULD TERRIFY YOU

Just a day and a half ago, it seemed like things were calming in Brazil. The Folha de São Paulo, the New York Times of Brazil, editorialized against censorship. The head of the Brazilian Bar Association gave a strong statement in support of freedom of expression. And the President of Brazil’s Supreme Court said the conflict between Brazil and X, formerly known as Twitter, was over. “People talk a big game but don’t act on their words,” he said

All of that has once again changed. Yesterday, Brazil’s President Lula called for criminalizing lying. Given that everybody lies, Lula is proposing to give the government the power to arrest anyone he wants. Thousands of Workers Party activists took to X yesterday to demand that I be arrested for things I said during my testimony before the Brazilian Senate. And today, the head of X in Brazil announced they have quit out fear for their safety.

I am not afraid for myself. As I said on X a few days ago, I fear neither the devil nor de Moraes, the Supreme Court justice rapidly turning himself into Brazil’s dictator. I am taking all necessary precautions to ensure that I can leave Brazil safely and without being arrested. You can help by sharing this video and spreading the word about what is happening here.

And yet, what is happening in Brazil terrifies me nonetheless. I love this country and its people and fear that it is on the cusp of totalitarianism. A significant share of the Left wants to incarcerate their political enemies. Respected Brazilian journalists say with a straight face that the government must engage in mass censorship in order to protect democracy. Brazil is everything that George Orwell feared and worse. The Brazilian government appears to view “1984” not as a dystopia to avoid but rather as a guide to a better future.

I would be less worried if Brazil were small and irrelevant, but it’s not. Brazil is the largest and most important nation in Latin America. Just this week, top Brazilian government representatives were in China talking about how China, one of the most totalitarian nations in the world, is a model for Brazil. Brazil is an inspiration for European totalitarians who have weaponized government intelligence agencies to spread disinformation about their political enemies and are implementing a censorship system to control the entire Internet.

The most terrifying part of all of this is the marriage of psychopathic government leaders like Lula and de Moraes with totalitarian activists and voters. Governments have successfully brainwashed a significant percentage of the population into supporting mass censorship. Young adults raised on social media are today more intolerant than the students in China’s Cultural Revolution in China who denounced their teachers and sent them off to work camps to be tortured.

At the same time, people with a mentality no different from the people who ran the Stasi and the Gestapo are in charge of intelligence agencies in Europe and the United States.

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives renewed legislation that gives the US government the right to spy on Americans suspected of collaborating with foreign governments. The result will be McCarthyism on steroids. The FBI will be able to spy on any American citizen who dares to criticize the war in Ukraine. The US government will label people who oppose endless wars in Eurasia as “political extremists,” ruining their careers, or worse.

During the rise of Communism and fascism in Europe, many Jews and other persecuted people could flee to the United States. Where will we flee if the United States continues down the road to totalitarianism? Not Europe. Not Brazil. Is any country safe in a world where every movement, transaction, and thought is being monitored?

I keep waiting for the downward spiral to hit bottom, and it never does. I am naturally optimistic, but sometimes, that means I have tended toward wishful thinking. Such wishful thinking is dangerous and irresponsible in moments like this one. So, too, is passivity.

We must act. That starts with standing up to the bullies, all of whom are cowards on the inside. Elon Musk stood up to the bully de Moraes last week and appears to be holding strong. Tonight, he will hold a Spaces with the controversial former president of Brazil, whom the Supreme Court has prevented from running for office again for another eight years.

My colleagues and I are building a new free-speech movement. All of the organizations we used to rely upon to defend human rights, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and ACLU, have been taken over by totalitarians demanding censorship. We are gathering in London in June. We are starting our own free-speech NGOs around the world.

We can’t do this alone. Please share this post, consider subscribing to my publication, Public, and make a donation. People are risking their lives to defend free speech for all human beings. You don’t need to risk yours, but we desperately need your help. Things won’t calm down until we stand up to the tyrants and remove every one of them from power.

[Nikolas Ferreira @nikolas_dm]

🇧🇷 Esperando que o governo brasileiro condene os ataques iranianos a Israel. Infelizmente não é algo fácil pra eles, pois não apoiaram a investigação da ONU contra o Irã por violação dos direitos das mulheres.

🇺🇸 Waiting for brazilian government to condemn iranian attacks on Israel. Unfortunately this is not an easy thing for them to do, as they didn’t support the UN investigation against Iran for violating women's right.

[Nikolas Ferreira @nikolas_dm]

Lula veta projeto e mantém saidinhas de presos.

Lula é defensor de BANDIDO!
Lula é defensor de BANDIDO!
Lula é defensor de BANDIDO!
Lula é defensor de BANDIDO!
Lula é defensor de BANDIDO!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The severity of the censorship and the degree to which Brazil’s own laws are being broken, to the detriment of their own people, is the worst of any country in the world in which this platform operates.

[Dr. Simon @goddek]

🇺🇸 Raise your hand if you stand with the Brazilian people and freedom of speech!

🇧🇷 Levante a mão se você está ao lado do povo brasileiro e da liberdade de expressão!

[Jair M. Bolsonaro @jairbolsonaro]

Somos um só povo, uma só nação. Entre nós não há essa ou aquela cor; não há esse ou aquele sexo; não há essa ou aquela classe social. Entre nós há brasileiros, que temem a Deus, que defendem a nossa Pátria amada chamada Brasil, que respeitam a família e que amam a liberdade!

[Jair M. Bolsonaro @jairbolsonaro]

- É O AMOR!

[Elmo De Souza @ElmoDeSouza]

@JoshWalkos @stclairashley “Ugh” Lol… 😂

[Elmo De Souza @ElmoDeSouza]

@AndreiaSadi Jornalistas parciais como você, @AndreiaSadi não têm qualquer credibilidade. Jornalismo deve ser imparcial. Você sabe a imoralidade que comete. Antiética e antiprofissional. 👎🏼🤡🫵🏻

[Elmo De Souza @ElmoDeSouza]

@revistaoeste Escárnio! #ForaLula

[Elmo De Souza @ElmoDeSouza]

@DielAlvesl @nikolas_dm 🤡🫵🏻

[Elmo De Souza @ElmoDeSouza]

@DielAlvesl @AndreJanonesAdv 😂🤣🤡🫵🏻

[Elmo De Souza @ElmoDeSouza]

@AndreJanonesAdv Não se limpa bosta com bosta. A sujeira continua a mesma.@AndreJanonesAdv

[Elmo De Souza @ElmoDeSouza]

@Bobfilho @nikolas_dm Qual post do Nikolas não foi sensato?

[Elmo De Souza @ElmoDeSouza]

@samiabomfim Aborto é homicídio qualificado. Matar um indefeso? Nada pode ser mais cruel. Privar o mundo a alguém. Quanta maldade. Quanto ódio dentro dos esquerdistas! A vida da mulher já é resguardada por lei. O aborto é permitido em caso de riscos para a mãe ou estupro. Sâmia é DESONESTA!

[Elmo De Souza @ElmoDeSouza]

@ianmiles These leftist agenda is killing the world. Enough is enough. Anyone who isn’t lasy and doesn’t want to live from government social funds just go out there and get jobs. That is not related to skin color or gender. That’s so obvious. It makes me want to throw up. Leftists are 👎🏼

[Revista Fórum @revistaforum]

Lula venceria Bolsonaro em eleição no primeiro turno, diz pesquisa

Levantamento feito pelo instituto AtlasIntel a pedido da CNN Brasil mostra que presidente venceria adversário da extrema direita em uma virtual disputa com 48,1% dos votos

https://t.co/6EvIubcR7w

[Dama de Ferro @DamaDeFerroTV]

Quem aqui está com Bolsonaro comente "estou com Bolsonaro"

Curtir e compartilhar para desmentir!

[Elmo De Souza @ElmoDeSouza]

@arthurmoledoval @Amandavettorazz Neutros também são responsáveis pelo governo do amor. Sinta o efeito.