Re:French election: Macron defeats Le Pen
by dirtyaura on Sunday May 07, 2017 @02:55PM
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I don't think Macron is a political outsider. He is from elite schools, served as a finance minister before. What he (and powers that backed him) realized is that political landscapes are changing everywhere and there was an opportunity to run without support of traditional parties. The major political axis is now national/conservative vs global/liberal, instead of traditional economic left vs right.
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Don't fool yourself, it's still left/right and will get even more radicalized as the economic climate worsens and we face disruption (terrorism, migration).
Don't fool yourself: terrorism by a few religious loonies as a problem has been and will be a drop in the ocean.
The real issues are: how we organize work and social security in the global knowledge economy? How we deal with the climate change? How we deal with info ops, which is already much more destabilizing problem for western democracies than terrorism. You are right that migration is tough challenge, how we will handle increasing migration?
Unfortunate that posting factual thoughts about terrorism are downvoted. The "threat of terrorism" is how the right wants to organize the west.
Re:French election: Macron defeats Le Pen
by user5994461 on Sunday May 07, 2017 @06:09PM
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Terrorism is nothing. People are much more worried about healthcare, jobs and pensions.
If you are French, all 3 are mostly nationalized.