i know he sucks, but a lot of the time i try not to think about france

so why does he suck, chapo? hit me with articles or anecdotes or shitposting, and if you wanna shit on any other person/politician go ahead and do so.

  • Darkmatter2k [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Not French, but here's some of the thing's I've heard he's done or tried to do:

    1. Tried to effectively cut worker pension's by 1/3 disguising it as a "pension reform".
    2. Tried to "Solving climate change" by imposing gas taxes that make it impossible for most truck drivers to earn a living
    3. Waged war using massive police presence against the yellow wests for more than a year, only saved by the pandemic which gave him the excuse to clamp down hard on protests.
    4. Used COVID to try and ram through legislation.
    5. Fuck up the covid response and resort to authoritarianism when it blew up in his face.
    6. Practice imperialism over Lebanon after the explosion, pushing IMF loans meaning more austerity and privatisation (don't really know if lebanon took the loans, think its still up in the air)

    He does all of these things while maintaining an image as the reasonable professional politician, but he's just another Neoliberal ghoul.