The French elections just happened and the far left scored an absolute landslide
YES! Let's hope similar results happen in America next.
36-40, F
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chilloutab2 · 46-50, M
And then they did what the left-right always does: Riot.
Typical and predictable!
Typical and predictable!
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@chilloutab2 Which "left-right", in which country, and is it typical?
Apparently the French authorities feared trouble, but I don't think it happened.
The hazard of openly talking about the possibility, raises the risk of it being a self-fulfilling prophesy, by raising fear.
Apparently the French authorities feared trouble, but I don't think it happened.
The hazard of openly talking about the possibility, raises the risk of it being a self-fulfilling prophesy, by raising fear.
chilloutab2 · 46-50, M
@ArishMell I posit- and the proof is demonstrably historical - that there is no fundamental difference between the left and the right. Both stand for absolutist, anarchist, tyrannical ideas. Their methods converge; their aims may be nominally different but the end results are the same. Hence "left-right".
in which country, and is it typical?
Name any country at any time in history where either the left or the right has come to power without violence.
Apparently the French authorities feared trouble, but I don't think it happened.
Paris was a battle ground. My colleague had to cut short his business trip and return. With difficulty.
The hazard of openly talking about the possibility, raises the risk of it being a self-fulfilling prophesy, by raising fear.
I'm talking about a certainty. And fear in this case is natural, and even essential.
in which country, and is it typical?
Name any country at any time in history where either the left or the right has come to power without violence.
Apparently the French authorities feared trouble, but I don't think it happened.
Paris was a battle ground. My colleague had to cut short his business trip and return. With difficulty.
The hazard of openly talking about the possibility, raises the risk of it being a self-fulfilling prophesy, by raising fear.
I'm talking about a certainty. And fear in this case is natural, and even essential.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@chilloutab2 Extreme and anti-democratic expressions of either ideology, yes, but that is not the case here.
This is not a matter of coups or revolutions but democratic elections between very different parties, in civilised ways. The worry is that a more strong-arm party might come to power on popular appeal, then increase its power by exagerrating and feeding on popular fears. This we see with ones like Orban and Erdogan; both exploiting feelings common among their citizens, but in bad ways for their own ends.
Your last paragraph rather reinforces my point.
This is not a matter of coups or revolutions but democratic elections between very different parties, in civilised ways. The worry is that a more strong-arm party might come to power on popular appeal, then increase its power by exagerrating and feeding on popular fears. This we see with ones like Orban and Erdogan; both exploiting feelings common among their citizens, but in bad ways for their own ends.
Your last paragraph rather reinforces my point.
chilloutab2 · 46-50, M
@ArishMell
The worry is that a more strong-arm party might come to power on popular appeal, then increase its power by exagerrating and feeding on popular fears. This we see with ones like Orban and Erdogan; both exploiting feelings common among their citizens, but in bad ways for their own ends.
This goes for both Le Pen and Mélenchon. Both are populist, pandering to, exploiting and exaggerating popular fears... and so ultimately potentially dangerous.
The worry is that a more strong-arm party might come to power on popular appeal, then increase its power by exagerrating and feeding on popular fears. This we see with ones like Orban and Erdogan; both exploiting feelings common among their citizens, but in bad ways for their own ends.
This goes for both Le Pen and Mélenchon. Both are populist, pandering to, exploiting and exaggerating popular fears... and so ultimately potentially dangerous.