PARIS: Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) party scored historic gains to win the first round of France's parliamentary election on Sunday (Jun 30), exit polls showed, but the final result will depend on
If there was a Venn diagram, populism and nationalism and fascism all overlap beautifully.
I worry for my kids. I'm doing the best I can to keep the anger out of their hearts but Jesus Christ the world is so angry right now and they don't know where to put it.
Rough times ahead and strongly recommend everyone keep those you care about close.
Yeah french presidents have been able to get elected in those "best of two" presidential elections (you vote twice, the second round is the top two from the first, so very easy to manipulate) by helping the far right getting into the second place (started with Chirac or even earlier) so you only have one reasonable choice (Democracy vs not).
People got fed up with it, got numb to it, and also the far right have become more of a populistic party too (on the outside at least).
It doesn't help Macron seems to believe he's some sort of rightful heir after those shenanigans too and just brutally impose what he wants without taking into account what the people want (there have been massive strikes and protests, even by french standards, to absolutely no avail).
Two years ago when the war started, I predicted that Europe will slide into fascism due to economic problems caused by the proxy war with Russia. People like @poVoq@slrpnk.net dismissed and ridiculed me, claiming I had no clue what I was talking about and I didn't understand anything about Europe. Turns out I was right all along.
Everything I said would happen is happening, but you naturally lack the decency to admit that. Libs smearing everyone who points out the basic facts of the situation as Russian trolls is only getting more hilarious by the day.