http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20230213-233125-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-patriots-repossession/ The Patriots’ Repossession - On the narratives of the Bolsonaro supporters’ attack on democracy in Brazil Tavolari, Bianca Medeiros, Jonas eng 2023-02-13 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Bolsonaro Populism Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 If we are to rebuild and strengthen Brazilian democracy, the ‘de-Bolsonarization’ of Brasília’s bureaucratic establishment and of security forces throughout the country is an essential step. This might seem like a distant utopia, yet it remains very much needed. After all, dismantling the ‘patriotic’ camps does not mean dismantling their coordination, their shared beliefs and values – a worldview in which they are not only good citizens doing good deeds, but owners with the right to recoup their rightfully owned property through force, omnipotents in their destruction.