The French elections just happened and the far left scored an absolute landslide
YES! Let's hope similar results happen in America next.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
I don't think anyone wants the "far-Left" any more than the "far-Right".
The "landslide" you claim was not for any one party, but for a mixture of parties who all oppose the National Rally although rivals among themselves. It defeated the National Rally but it's still a messy result.
America does not have a "far-Left" in any significant way. There may be a few candidates or minor parties who are strongly socialist but generally that country's left-Right spectrum seems more like the Centre - Right spectrum in Europe. It's as if many Americans are still as frightened as the McArthy era was, of anything thought the slightest bit "socialist".
Though it is very hard to define just where anyone is these days, in democracies that have the luxury of choice. The "Centre" seems continually sliding about, and some parties are hard to differentiate from those who were originally almost polar opposites- like the Conservatives and Labour in the UK
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What is clear is that the so-called "far-Right" parties (if that description is anything more than a cliche of convenience) like France's National Rally, are gaining a lot of support. That tends to lead to more support for their opponents of similar strength of feeling, so encouraging both "far" ends of the spectrum.
If the "far-Left" has not been as popular in Europe as its "far-Right" perhaps it is due to more recent memories of the former rather than latter at its extreme.
What is less clear is why the main parties, Left or Right, seem not to address what it is that leads to the more extreme parties, of either wing, gaining votes.
The "landslide" you claim was not for any one party, but for a mixture of parties who all oppose the National Rally although rivals among themselves. It defeated the National Rally but it's still a messy result.
America does not have a "far-Left" in any significant way. There may be a few candidates or minor parties who are strongly socialist but generally that country's left-Right spectrum seems more like the Centre - Right spectrum in Europe. It's as if many Americans are still as frightened as the McArthy era was, of anything thought the slightest bit "socialist".
Though it is very hard to define just where anyone is these days, in democracies that have the luxury of choice. The "Centre" seems continually sliding about, and some parties are hard to differentiate from those who were originally almost polar opposites- like the Conservatives and Labour in the UK
.
What is clear is that the so-called "far-Right" parties (if that description is anything more than a cliche of convenience) like France's National Rally, are gaining a lot of support. That tends to lead to more support for their opponents of similar strength of feeling, so encouraging both "far" ends of the spectrum.
If the "far-Left" has not been as popular in Europe as its "far-Right" perhaps it is due to more recent memories of the former rather than latter at its extreme.
What is less clear is why the main parties, Left or Right, seem not to address what it is that leads to the more extreme parties, of either wing, gaining votes.