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Judah Grunstein@judah-grunstein.bsky.social |
The two alarming aspects of yesterday's vote for me: 1. The RN's 2nd-round ceiling has become a 1st-round floor. 2. The French right considers the far left more of a danger than the far right. There are various historical parallels here, though the two extremes represent different threats today.
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David Rafferty
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The second is the scariest, and strongly suggests we will return to the 1930s - or a version of it WITHOUT a strong Left.
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Goldstein the Hon
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Capitalists side with fascists against socialists because fascists don't threaten capital.
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Steven Seggie
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The centre right has completely disappeared and folded into the RN
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Xan López
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With French right you mean LR, or the Macron folks? I've seen the Macron camp a bit split on this, but mostly in support of tactical NFP voting in the second round. But I'm guessing LR is mostly all-in for the RN...
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Judah Grunstein
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It's worth noting that the continued strength and political relevance of a radical left is something of a French exception (Spain also comes to mind). It was always either the junior partner in the center-left coalition or outside it on the fringes. 1/2
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