I can’t overstate how relieved I am with the election results in France.
It’s still very worrying, the far right is growing in terms of influence, but at least it’s still widely considered as the most dangerous option by everyone else, and it’s still being effectively blocked.
We won’t get an efficient government with how the parliament is split, but at least it won’t be run by the far right. Congrats to all the people who voted to avoid running the country into a totalitarian wall!
@thelinuxEXP They’re in put-up-or-shut-up territory for a while at least.
@thelinuxEXP @oliver Far-right, populist 'A'fD achieved 15.9%, far-left, populist BSW 6.2% in the #EU elections. So 'only' about 1/4 voted populists (including smaller parties). I'm carefully optimistic.
Hope that left and center can at least agree on _some_ stuff in #France tho. We need more solution oriented politics in the EU. Way too much 'us' vs. 'them' thinking rn.
@oliver @thelinuxEXP as far as I know Sara's party stopped rapid AfD growth.
Success of the right is always explained by failure of the left.
Let’s face it. They are a minority, a very loud one, but a minority.
Just like the NSDAP was by the way. So beware…
Well, it’s the result that count.
They effectively had a punch on the nose…
Voter says NON!
@Distante @thelinuxEXP Macron’s gambit didn’t work at all.
If you read between the lines, he wanted people to experience what the far right would do during the 3 years remaining before the presidential elections if they had the majority. In his plan, people would hate the far-right gov thus they won’t think of voting for them at the next opportunity.
Now, I think what happened currently is in fact the worse. Why ? (1/2)
@Distante @thelinuxEXP (2/2) Because the left (NFP) is going to be judged for every action or mistake they’ll do even if they don’t have the absolute majority. Far-right media are going to be pitiless, merciless and produce even more fake news.
People will still think that the far-right is a potential viable choice.
The next presidential election will be very hard for all the parties except the far-right.
Macron’s gambit helped the far-right more than the others
@thelinuxEXP Now is the time to censor the voices that promote the far right.
As they rely on lies, it should be possible to do so legally.
If you consider these worthy electors as unable to look after their own interests themselves, how is it that they know how to choose for themselves the shepherds who must guide them? And how will they be able to solve this problem of social alchemy, of producing the election of a genius from the votes of a mass of fools? -- Errico Malatesta #anarchism #quote #bot
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