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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

authoritarians grow stronger every day. God help us all

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If people rely on their imaginary friend, we're so fucked...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

It’s a figure of speech. No need to get your knickers in a twist.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

What are the reasons for this? I'm out of the france loop

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

All of the western democracies are telling their people the reason their quality of life is declining is due to immigrants and the disabled and poor. A lot of people seem to believe them. I agree its about inequality and bringing the far right in will only accelerate the process.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Right, I see your point. I also wonder sometimes if the excess of social media consumption and the battle to gobble more eye balls has somehow influenced people making them more susceptible to manipulation via charisma and populist opinions, I'm not sure how different it is nowadays than a couple of decades back. I might be wrong about this anyways

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Macron made an irresponsible gamble, at the worst possible timing, without taking in account his current lack of popularity. To no one surprise it blown up in his face.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait, which gamble? I'm not well informed on what's going on over there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Basically, his party got beaten so badly at the European elections (barely got half of the far-right votes, and almost got the third position after the Socialist), that he decided to trigger a "Dissolution", which literally stop the current assembly mandate and call for flash-election. His gamble was to make himself the only alternative to the far-right by counting on the left division and the fear of the far right...
Which blown up to his face since the left kinda united itself and the far right still got a good advance. Even worse, this time its party got third by a long shot, and may loose a lot of its seats at the National Assembly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Okay, I think I saw this somewhere but I didn't really read further into it

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The French political system, casually referred to as the “Republic of Friends,”

Where does the author get this? I'm French and have never heard of our system called as such - especially not by a French person.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A search returns this article alone. Bizarre. Is he trying to make this happen??

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

ChatGPT had a fever dream again

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I feel sorry for migrants in general, they are their primary target

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

I think a quick look overseas will show you it's migrants, the queer community, women, and to a certain extent any intellectual. Now where have I seen this before.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago
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