MicroWaveOct 21

Former French President Sarkozy begins a 5-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy

https://lemmy.world/post/37649752

Former French President Sarkozy begins a 5-year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy - Lemmy.World

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at a prison in Paris on Tuesday to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya — a historic moment that makes him the first ex-leader of modern France to be imprisoned.

Show threadMihies
In the US he’d be elected as a dictator instead. Bad luck being born in France.
Oct 21 at 11:25amWeb
Show threadBalinaresOct 21

Alas, the same forces are at play in France too, they’re just meeting a less favorable pre-existing terrain. But the billionaire-owned media have been carpet bombing the country with the message that holding the executive accountable is dictatorship, and Sarkozy is innocent and basically a saint, and this is all a conspiracy by the far-left judiciary, etc

And most people don’t know better because knowing better takes exhausting amounts of paying attention, and little by little, the messaging is working.

Show threadTrickDacyOct 21
That’s really discouraging to read… France has had me thinking it was far closer to a utopia than most countries. I guess I shouldn’t ever get my hopes up.
Show threadFerretyFever0Oct 21
It's France.
Show threadTrickDacyOct 21
What does that mean?
Show threadStinkyFingerItchyBumOct 21
They are awesome people who tend toward a humanist social justice and tolerant society where no one is above the law?
Show threadNoodle07Oct 22
Exactly, on paper.