On Brazil
Look closely at what happened in Brazil on Sunday.
The polling stations close. The counting begins. And then, a single Supreme Court justice decides to extend voting by two hours, across the entire country. The electoral court suspends the count on an emergency basis. According to the Brazilian press, even its own members were against it.
Result: for the first time since the return of democracy in Brazil, the candidate defeated in the first round wins the second.
Maybe everything is clean. But when the rules of an election change during the election, on the decision of one man whom no one elected, trust dies. And a democracy without trust is nothing more than a stage set.
Now, look at who’s applauding.
Alex Soros: “Congratulations to Brazil for once again standing up to authoritarianism.”
Ursula von der Leyen: “Democracy and multilateralism have won.”
Pedro Sánchez, one month before his own elections, announces that “the global resurgence of progressivism” is coming to Spain.
They don’t even hide it anymore. Authoritarianism is a people who vote wrong. Democracy is a judge who keeps the ballot boxes open until the result is the right one.
They’ve understood one thing: reality is against them. Immigration, insecurity, social decline, debt. Reality is too strong, too brutal, and on the battlefield of ideas, they’re no longer winning. So the fight shifts: to the courts, procedures, schedules, ineligibility rulings.
In France, we already know the tune. We’ve already seen judges decide who has the right to run.
Brazil isn’t an exception. It’s a prototype. There’s a good chance this scenario will play out again across the West, in every country where they haven’t lost yet.
So prepare yourselves. Not just to campaign: to protect the vote. Poll watchers in every station. Lawyers ready that very evening. Every rule known by heart. Every tally sheet photographed.
Winning won’t be enough. You’ll need to win by a margin no judge can erase, and watch every ballot box until the last vote.
Reality is on our side. The only question is whether they’ll let us count it.
