Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-year sentence

Re:Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-... by inglor_cz on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @03:19AM (#43543784)

I come from a former Communist country and the far left in power twisted justice beyond any recognition. We had the "pleasure" being occupied by the Nazis and then ruled by the Stalinists and the bothside-ism is absolutely spot on, because these two systems are like evil brothers.

And as for France, that is why I don't trust Mélenchon any more than Le Pen, and they have 50 per cent of voters between them. Two far-somethings don't make a democracy.

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Re:Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and given four-... by freen on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @09:38PM (#43563773)

Neither the Nazis, nor Stalinists even remotely approximate the modern left in the US, or elsewhere.

The debate is effectively between classical Liberalism, and authoritarianism/patromonialism/fascism.

Forget what people called themselves: the peoples republic of North Korea certainly isn’t a republic.

Socialist Left/Capitalist Right is an outdated dichotomy that is only in service of authoritarians.

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