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11/04/2007: "Brazilians want fascism because it's effective"

At first glimpse, most people will be offended by how this elite force works. It's ruthless and shows no mercy; it tortures children to find information, it executes criminals without arresting them, it uses the system to exploit holes and eliminate top criminals; it's on a war with society, ironically to protect it. Its function is a product of a public security system that has broken down; where the police cannot do anything, BOPE is called in to terminate the threat and secure the area.

BOPE, despite its methods, is a pragmatic force in a decaying civilization. It doesn't make sense to glorify it because few societies would benefit from such violence, but to accept its presence is to understand the situation. In a pluralistic, democratic society where a small elite is parasitizing on a middle class segment that has got no idea what to do except to keep working and play along with the rules, a poor underclass that has got no future, and a confused national identity with a history of a multicultural melting pot that sooner or later is about to explode, there is no easy way to solve problems. Chaos is a fact and to keep things under control, ruthless methods will have to be used.

[ Once democracy has liberalized society, it decays, and demands either ethical fascism or total corruption to keep it under control. ]

http://www.corrupt.org/articles/politics/alex_birch/tropa_de_elite