Ailton: Do you realize the reason Paulo is seen as a communist/socialist and is hated by the Right, both then and now, is because, back in his day, only people who could read were allowed to vote?
At that time, political rights were tied to literacy. Education was extremely elitist, and most people had no access to it.
Freire didn't accept that. Being the great educator he was, he developed a method to teach adults to read and write in record time.
As a result, these adults gained the right to vote. The Right didn't like that one bit.
They accused Freire of being a communist, and he ended up having to flee the country.
He didn't promote "victimhood"; he argued that everyone deserves political rights, regardless of whether they are rich or poor.
William: I’m not so sure about that. I’ve studied Freire’s work and biography extensively.
He openly declared himself a socialist educator and was one of the founders of the Workers' Party (PT).
His "magnum opus," Pedagogy of the Oppressed, is built on the fundamental concepts of historical and dialectical materialism, things like class struggle, praxis, and overcoming the oppressor-oppressed relationship.
As for the rest, Freire’s literacy projects were actually funded by the United States.
He also taught at SESI, which was funded by industrialists (the elite).
And "the elite" has never been synonymous with "the Right."
Does being rich automatically make someone right-wing?
Look at Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Fidel… they were all wealthy.
There’s no shortage of rich people supporting the PT today.
Just look at the big players like BTG, JBS, and Itaú...
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