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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by nozzlegear on Sunday July 21, 2024 @05:59PM (#41028570)
Ah, my mistake. The political commentary and analysis I'd been reading had been saying that, while Macron's party lost seats, his goal may have been to defang the far-right before they got any "real" power in 2027. I guess the commentary was implying that his goal may have been to let the French people see what the far-right would do with their political power, while not risking the presidency.

It sounds a little bit like 4-D chess now that I type it out, I'm not sure I believe it myself.

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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by byroot on Monday July 22, 2024 @02:57AM (#41031587)
> It sounds a little bit like 4-D chess now that I type it out, I'm not sure I believe it myself.

The thing is with Macron, he managed to make the journalist class believe he's a genius (he's not dumb, but still miles away from being as brilliant as presented). So whenever he trips on a stone, you get an army of journalist explaining to you how he planned for it all along.

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