Brazil is the latest democracy to elect a right-wing populist leader. Jair Bolsonaro is a pro-torture, pro-gun former paratrooper. He calls refugees “the scum of the earth,” degrades blacks, homosexuals and women, and says democracy doesn’t work. Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far-right party, the National Rally, were quick to endorse Bolsonaro. However, French President Emanuel Macron said, “No democracy is safe”. And it appears he’s right.