{"id":81345,"date":"2021-08-29T10:36:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T14:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=81345"},"modified":"2021-08-29T10:36:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T14:36:23","slug":"buy-a-gun-damn-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=81345","title":{"rendered":"<b><i>&#8220;Buy A Gun, Damn It!&#8221;<\/i><\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Brazilian President Tells Supporters<br \/>\n<em><strong>&#8220;Buy A Gun, Damn It&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> Amid<br \/>\nImpending Chaos<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Why on Earth would Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tell supporters on Friday that\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;everyone should buy a rifle&#8221;?<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Is the unstable South American emerging economy, suffering from the virus pandemic, rapid food inflation, and out-of-control poverty about to stumble into further socio-economic chaos?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;<u>Everybody has to buy a rifle,<\/u>\u00a0damn it! The armed people will never be enslaved.<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0I know it costs a lot. An idiot says: &#8216;Ah, what you have to buy is beans,&#8217; if you don&#8217;t want to, don&#8217;t buy the rifle, but do not come to disturb whoever wants to buy it,&#8221; Bolsonaro told reporters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/gun.jpg?itok=Yd4rD-NA\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/gun.jpg?itok=Yd4rD-NA\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/gun.jpg?itok=Yd4rD-NA\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"b0df34a6-edeb-4c0b-b63c-c142ba1e9d57\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_1__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Latin American Telesur&#8217;s Nacho Lemus recorded video of the president telling supporters that &#8220;in a country with more than half of the population under food insecurity and in the midst of a new increase in the price of food, gasoline, gas, and electricity&#8221; now is the time to buy a gun.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1431349073257377794&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fbrazilian-president-tells-supports-buy-gun-damn-it-amid-impending-chaos&amp;sessionId=6a330860aed0204739a3222d2dd6e990fec460f7&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=1890d59c%3A1627936082797&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1431349073257377794\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Both murders and killings are on the rise in the country, exacerbated by the virus pandemic. A socio-economic economic collapse could be in the making.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian Real has lost half its value in the past decade. The decline accelerated during the virus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Snag_108c711d.png?itok=Se9fgC3R\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Snag_108c711d.png?itok=Se9fgC3R\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/Snag_108c711d.png?itok=Se9fgC3R\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"b505a229-f81c-4161-9890-28243892e3b3\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the currency is collapsing, food prices in the country are hyperinflating. Recall what\u00a0everyone&#8217;s favorite permabear, SocGen&#8217;s Albert Edwards said in late 2020 that rising food prices will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/commodities\/why-albert-edwards-starting-panic-about-soaring-food-prices\">trigger<\/a>\u00a0social chaos in emerging market economies first.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Snag_10967514.png?itok=QtKf_2E8\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Snag_10967514.png?itok=QtKf_2E8\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/Snag_10967514.png?itok=QtKf_2E8\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"0552a5b8-f223-4e9e-b429-9dcf72599631\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s economy is spiraling out of control as Bolsonaro has already threatened to reject the 2022 presidential election&#8217;s outcome because he claims it will be rigged.<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro promised supporters he would ease gun laws and that&#8217;s what he&#8217;s done since 2019. The president appears to be preparing supporters for further impending socio-economic chaos or political crisis.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/brazilian-president-tells-supports-buy-gun-damn-it-amid-impending-chaos\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/brazilian-president-tells-supports-buy-gun-damn-it-amid-impending-chaos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian President Tells Supporters &#8220;Buy A Gun, Damn It&#8221; Amid Impending Chaos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}