October, 7th, 2018 : implosion of Brazilian democracy. Few hours later occured the lynching in Bahia of a famous capoeira master who said his opposition to the winner of the election. What are the reasons for the majority’s submission to a political agenda contrary to its interests? During the agony of the Lula and Dilma Workers’ Party government, the Brazilian Democrats were always late for a fight. The elected officials of all sides played with the fire by indulging in painful games of apparatuses, persuaded that they were to incarnate the political society. Lula was the scapegoat appointed by the activism of judges who paved the way for an unscrupulous politician who feeds the most extreme prejudices to establish his authority. The indifference of the richest to the fate of their fellow citizens and the resentment of the majority of voters against the turpitude of the elite account for much in the victory of Jair Bolsonaro. The abdication of democracy in Brazil opens a new chapter in the troubled history of this country-continent...