William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright, considered the greatest writer in the English language and the most influential playwright in the world, is author in his theatrical play King Lear of the phrase "What a terrible this time where idiots drive unseeing”. This phrase applies perfectly to Brazil of the contemporary era in which we find the existence of idiots, ie rulers devoid of intelligence and common sense in the nation's command driving unseeing, that is, the incompetent members of government structure that already are leading the country to bankruptcy.

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A TERRIBLE TIME OF BRAZIL WHERE IDIOTS DRIVE UNSEEING
Fernando Alcoforado *
William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright, considered the greatest writer in the
English language and the most influential playwright in the world, is author in his
theatrical play King Lear of the phrase "What a terrible this time where idiots drive
unseeing”. This phrase applies perfectly to Brazil of the contemporary era in which we
find the existence of idiots, ie rulers devoid of intelligence and common sense in the
nation's command driving unseeing, that is, the incompetent members of government
structure that already are leading the country to bankruptcy. In our article under the title
A cegueira que domina o Brasil (The blindness that dominates Brazil) published on
11.23.2013, available on the website <http://fernando.alcoforado.zip.net> we've covered
what Shakespeare left evidenced in the phrase of his own.
In article A cegueira que domina o Brasil (Blindness that dominates Brazil), we based
on the work of Portuguese writer Jose Saramago, O Ensaio sobre a cegueira (Essay on
Blindness) edited by Companhia das Letras. In this work José Saramago presents a
terrifying picture of the dark times we live in the world. The scenario portrayed by
Saramago in his work is analogous to what we live in Brazil with the blindness that is
present throughout the structure of Dilma Rousseff government. We face today in Brazil
the risk of blindness (the blind world of Saramago) that dominates the Dilma Rousseff
government lead to the institutional political backlash (unclean and barbaric world of
Saramago) that may result as a consequence of the worsening economic crisis, social
and political those contaminate the powers of the Republic.
The blindness that dominates the rulers of Brazil is taking its economy to bankrupt that
is terminally ill with Dilma Rousseff government, as an unburied corpse, remaining as
President of the Republic without the slightest ability to reverse this situation.
Meanwhile, the deterioration of the Brazilian economy does the occurrence of dizzying
wave of unemployment and widespread business failure which can lead to an
unprecedented upheaval in the history of Brazil. In addition, the financial position of the
federal government, state governments and municipal governments is pre-bankruptcy to
the precipitous drop of the tax revenue resulting of the downturn in economic activity in
Brazil. Signs of disintegration in the government and society are evident in all parts of
the country. The neoliberal economic model in place shows clear signs of exhaustion. In
addition, all the political and administrative system of the country is contaminated by
corruption and state administrative apparatus is inefficient and ineffective.
All that has just been described coincides with the existence of a weak government
under the incompetent management of Dilma Rousseff that does not have the political
leadership nor the administrative capacity needed to make the changes required for
Brazil at the moment considering have the support of only 7% of the population that
overwhelmingly, want his removal from power. In addition, her ministry consists
almost entirely by incompetent people as a result of horse-trading between the
government and the allied parties. The blindness of the federal government is so big that
it takes no action to reverse the deterioration of public accounts that each year disburse
almost 50% of the federal government budget for the payment of interest on public debt
that benefits the financial system. In this situation, there is insufficient availability of
public resources to invest in economic infrastructure (energy, transport and
communications) and social (education, health, sanitation and housing). Instead of
doing an audit of public debt and renegotiate the lengthening of payment of the public

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debt service not to avoid prejudicing the interests of the financial system, the Dilma
Rousseff government chose to transfer the entire burden of the crisis to the Brazilian
people with the ill-fated fiscal adjustment which includes the reduction of social
benefits of the population and raising taxes.
Blindness characterized by lack of attitude of Brazil's leaders in the search for solution
to avoid current economic, social and policy decay with the restructuring of the
Brazilian economy on a new basis can lead to institutional political backlash with the
advent of unclean and barbaric world cited by Saramago. Rather than abandon the failed
neoliberal model in place, the Dilma Rousseff government decided to keep it. It must be
remembered that the economic crisis of 1929 led to the end of the Old Republic and the
advent of the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) and the economic crisis in the
early 1960s led to the advent of the military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985. We must
avoid that the deteriorating economic, social and political of the contemporary era lead
Brazil to a new authoritarian regime, the unclean and barbaric world quoted by
Saramago.
The political stability of Brazil and the Brazilian economy are at risk because the Dilma
Rousseff government does not have the support of the majority of population and of the
parliament to exercise its governance. It should be noted that governance concerns the
government's political ability to decide, enabling the execution of public policies. Dilma
Rousseff does not meet any of these conditions to govern the nation. In addition to not
exercise governance, Dilma Rousseff is threatened with impeachment for unlawful acts
that would have practiced in management of public accounts and the use of proceeds
from the robbery of Petrobras during his reelection campaign. All this weakens the
Dilma Rousseff government that is powerless to cope with the huge economic crisis of
Brazil.
It is indisputable that the serious problems faced by Brazil at the moment in the
economic and political levels are demanding a ruler who has accepted by the vast
majority of the population and ability to unite the nation around a common project of
national development. Unfortunately, there isn´t in Brazil in the political sphere anyone
who meets these conditions. The prospect that Rousseff is replaced by Vice President
Michel Temer not creates enthusiasm in the social movements that fight for the removal
of Dilma Rousseff of power. This explains the slowdown in the struggle of social
movements by impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. The nation is waiting for a leader who
has the stature of statesman as was Getúlio Vargas who promoted the construction of
modern Brazil with the process of industrialization after the global economic crisis of
1929 that hit Brazil and it produced the 1930 Revolution. Serious crisis currently
experienced by Brazil is demanding a true statesman in the nation's command to
restructure the national life on a new basis in the economic, political and social spheres.
To avoid political, economic and social catastrophe threatening Brazil, it is urgent to
replace the Dilma Rousseff government with one that is able to avoid a political and
institutional breakdown in the country, leading the celebration of a new social contract
and join the Brazilian nation around a common development project. It seems that if
Dilma Rousseff is not devoid of power through impeachment by unlawful committed by
her government, Brazil may be the scene of social upheaval of unpredictable
consequences with the confrontation between the vast majority of the Brazilian people
that want her deposition and government supporters. One must consider the lessons of
history that teach us that the social upheaval can lead to the establishment of right-wing

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or left-wing dictatorships. This is the risk that threatens the Brazilian society. Brazil
lives thus decisive moments in its history.
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Fernando Alcoforado, member of the Bahia Academy of Education, engineer and doctor of Territorial
Planning and Regional Development from the University of Barcelona, a university professor and
consultant in strategic planning, business planning, regional planning and planning of energy systems, is
the author of Globalização (Editora Nobel, São Paulo, 1997), De Collor a FHC- O Brasil e a Nova
(Des)ordem Mundial (Editora Nobel, São Paulo, 1998), Um Projeto para o Brasil (Editora Nobel, São
Paulo, 2000), Os condicionantes do desenvolvimento do Estado da Bahia (Tese de doutorado.
Universidade de Barcelona, http://www.tesisenred.net/handle/10803/1944, 2003), Globalização e
Desenvolvimento (Editora Nobel, São Paulo, 2006), Bahia- Desenvolvimento do Século XVI ao Século XX
e Objetivos Estratégicos na Era Contemporânea (EGBA, Salvador, 2008), The Necessary Conditions of
the Economic and Social Development-The Case of the State of Bahia (VDM Verlag Dr. Muller
Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, Saarbrücken, Germany, 2010), Aquecimento Global e Catástrofe
Planetária (P&A Gráfica e Editora, Salvador, 2010), Amazônia Sustentável- Para o progresso do Brasil e
combate ao aquecimento global (Viena- Editora e Gráfica, Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, 2011),
Os Fatores Condicionantes do Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (Editora CRV, Curitiba, 2012) and
Energia no Mundo e no Brasil- Energia e Mudança Climática Catastrófica no Século XXI (Editora CRV,
Curitiba, 2015).