Despite living in the United States since 1992, Max Cavalera is always in touch with the reality of his native country. And in a recent interview with Landry.audio , he shared his opinions regarding the political situation in Brazil under the government of the current President, Jair Bolsonaro , and did not hold back in his criticism of the politician.
“I follow Brazilian artists a lot, whenever I can, on podcasts and things like that, and it was really shocking to hear them say that in Brazil there are families being divided because of this guy. Because half the family likes him, the other half doesn't, they're split, they don't talk to each other,” Max recounts.
“I’m the first to say, and I know this for sure, that almost everyone who comes to power in Brazil immediately goes into corruption,” he states. “It’s almost like a virus; it’s like a disease; it’s like a President’s disease. Brazil can’t have a good president, he can try; but he can’t. But it seems like this guy is even worse. Because he’s kind of like [Donald] Trump , he embraces negative things with pride – [he] is proud of killing people, [he] is proud of destroying the Indians. It’s kind of scary because he’s proud of these things.”
“For me, I don’t know any politician. I’ve never met any politician. I don’t want to meet any politician. In my opinion, they’re all scoundrels,” Cavalera states. “None of them really want to help. It’s not just the guy; it’s the system behind the guy that goes with the guy. It’s a shame that he’s dividing families and causing so much damage, just like Trump caused so much damage here [in the US].”
“I sang that [on the Soulfly album] Primitive , from 2002, 'Back to the primitive. Fuck all the politicians.' And I was referring to all politics, [including] the politics of music. I really think it's a career where you almost never care about people. You have corruption, and you start to get corrupt and you can get rich from it, and you just do it for yourself and that's it, man. And meanwhile, all the poor people are still dying, the problems never get solved (…) They say Brazil will be a great country in three hundred years. I will be reborn and born three hundred years from now. I will be in a good place. [Laughs],” he concludes.
Watch the full interview below:
