• PKMKII [none/use name]
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    2 months ago

    Once again, liberals would rather kowtow to fascists than give an inch to the left.

  • SexUnderSocialism [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    For fun (to torture myself) I decided to check out what r/neoliberal has to say on this, since they're the kind who will scream about "democracy" so much. atlantic-council Unsurprisingly, they're trying to either downplay this or outright support Macron's tactics. I even saw one of these dweebs with a NATO flair say: "Never give the left an inch of power." Lmao. Really dropping all pretense there. pigmask-off

  • hypercracker
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    2 months ago

    stability

    there's that word again

    • MF_COOM [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      There was this guest on citations-needed a few years ago who said in an aside "at a certain point the word 'stability' should make your skin crawl" and it's been rattling around in my brain ever since

      • Wertheimer [any]
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        2 months ago

        Found it

        Nima: Well so it kind of reminds me of on the eve of the Iranian revolution Jimmy Carter called Iran under the Shah like an ‘island of stability’ and its just because we like them and we prop them up and then as soon as that changed now they’re evil and terrifying.

        George [Ciccariello-Maher]: Oh, of course. And like there’s a certain point where the word ‘stability’ should make your skin crawl.

        • MF_COOM [he/him]
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          2 months ago

          Jesus. Black magic pulling that quote up nice Google-fu comrade sankara-salute

    • HamManBad [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Bolting the lid on my pressure cooker to keep it stable macron

  • miz [any, any]
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    2 months ago

    Wolfgang Schäuble, a powerful advocate of austerity policy in Europe, succinctly summarized the extent to which electoral democracy is subordinate: “Elections cannot be allowed to change economic policy.”

    from https://redsails.org/why-marxism/

    German Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble, advocate of austerity policy in Europe, was less crass yet no less succint in 2015:

    Elections cannot be allowed to change economic policy.

    from https://redsails.org/brainwashing/

  • Guamer [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    macron : "You don't have the balls to do shit about it."

    French public:

    Show

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      I hope so. I hope a spark of rebellion and "fuck you" runs through the public and they retaliate by voting left even harder. A kind of "how dare you challenge us" outcome would be perfect.

      I question whether there is enough public with the class conditions necessary though. No matter what happens a certain number of people are entirely locked up into voting for their interests and those interests will be macron. As long as he and the right can lock up 25% each they can fuck the left over forever.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Please do something cool!

      france-cool

      A revolution within nato, even a shitty one, would... well it'd be funny at least.

  • Barabas [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    He has invited Le Pen to talk about it, so the neoliberal fash alliance is likely going to happen.

    Imagine that, liberals being more willing to cooperate with fascists than even succdems.

  • Teekeeus
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    7 days ago

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    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
      hexagon
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      2 months ago

      I find the fact that people have been rioting for years now with nothing to show for it is really illustrative why a vanguard is absolutely necessary to achieve any sort of systemic change. Spontaneous action never actually accomplishes anything in the end.

    • MaeBorowski [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      Could just as easily get heated for a bit then fizzle out. I mean look what happened just a year ago with the raising of the retirement age in France and the resulting mass protests.

  • Rojo27 [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    macron

    Would be a good time for some good ol' fashioned rioting in the streets.

  • EelBolshevikism [none/use name]
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    2 months ago

    lol apparently France is doomed to have it's entire history be just people mad at the upper class and leaders gaslighting them

    • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      There could be no other group of people who deserve it more (well, maybe Israel), but it does make me feel bad for anyone from outside of France that gets caught in this mess.

  • lil_tank [any, he/him]
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    2 months ago

    neoliberal coup

    The fun part is that it is absolutely legal and constitutional to do so. Generally the french president is a de jure dictator and has all legal means to become a de facto one very easily. In that case, the french president is the one who decides alone who is the prime minister. The theory that he had to pick a NFP prime minister is rooted in an unofficial tradition that was upheld by his predecessors but only because they thought it was a smart move to play compromises. Macron doesn't need any real changes to have full power, he's simply the first one to actually abuse the full potential of the constitution

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 months ago

        Idk if Stalin every tried but not shooting DeGaulle was a rar Stalin L.

        • Barabas [he/him]
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          2 months ago

          DeGaulle being rabidly anti-Anglo was his only redeeming quality.

        • sinstrium [none/use name]
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          2 months ago

          Well DeGaulle was better left alive as a wedge between the allies, Churchill hated him so much he preferred Vichy France.

    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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      2 months ago

      The theory that he had to pick a NFP prime minister is rooted in an unofficial tradition that was upheld by his predecessors but only because they thought it was a smart move to play compromises.

      And that's a wrap. Liberals will 100% support.