Environmental devastation under the Bolsonaro government: unveiling a myth

This article reflects on the Bolsonaro government’s environmental management interventions, led by a process of deepening bourgeois ideological decadence. Despite the undeniable devastation of nature and the international consensus regarding the ideology of sustainable development, the Bolsonaro government made use of an arsenal of ideas disconnected from this reality, by which it imposed an impossible fantasy on the order of capital, a country without “environmental issues”. To unravel this myth, we present the results of bibliographic and documentary research. We conclude that the ideological decadence and environmental management under the Bolsonaro government played an important role in removing obstacles for capital to “drive a coach and horses through” and advance its process of accumulation, leaving a trail of destruction, as demonstrated by the increase in deforestation.