Ultraliberal project as a new form of dependence and the flight ahead of the Brazilian bourgeoisie

Abstract

The view of the Brazilian bourgeoisie with a revolutionary modernizing character in the economy and in social relations was hegemonic in Brazil in the 1980s. Taking as a guideline the question of the role of the bourgeoisie throughout the economic development of Brazilian capitalism, the article argues that the introduction of the ultraliberal model it maintains the conservative pact of exit always ahead of the national bourgeoisie. In this sense, to present the historic process of imposed submission, consented dependence and, today, desired dependence on the national economy in relation to foreign capital as revealing the real behavior of our bourgeoisie. Thus, the ultraliberal project shows the new action of the elites in favor of an anti-national project. In the ideological battle to implement this project, the national bourgeoisie counted on the collaboration of liberal intellectuals and the press, criticizing the action of the developmentalist state.