• erranto@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t now how do we still consider France a democracy . Controlling public opinion by banning protests and controlling the narrative through billionaires’ owned media, isn’t what comes to my mind when thinking about democracy, reducing it to the freedom to choosing representatives is a slippery slope towards authoritarianism

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      1 year ago

      Yeah Macron and his goons are out of control. I’m 45 yo and I’ve never seen a President that tyrannic and authoritarian, and he’s self-proclaimed centrist. Even the right wing governments I’ve known never went that far. And it’s not going to get any better.

      Historic parties have been wiped out from existence in the last 10 years. There are three major parties left. The far-left run by a grumpy old egomaniac (Mélenchon) that ruins any chance of a left win. The center (Macron) which is definitely more right leaning than the historic Right party. The far-right (Lepen/Bardella) which is everything like the current US Republican Party, without the weirdos and outright liars (making it way more dangerous).

      My country is an awful mess right now.