Emmanuel Macron hacked.

Never mind that you recently confessed to being an “ideological whore”. :no_no:

Never mind that you use Communist nomenclature every time the American judiciary comes up. :no_no:

The real absurdity here is that the most famous Outer Party member in the history of Oceania is pretending, once again, to be offended by the title Comrade! :rofl:

What are we supposed to call you? Citizen Smith? :roll:


Your disagreement with certain members about the value of opinion polls is duly noted. :slight_smile:

[quote=“Chris, post:35, topic:159963, full:true”]
False. Le Pew was most popular in the 35-49 age group, but even then the majority wanted Macron. She was least popular among the elderly, who remember what life was like under fascism.[/quote]

So then why did they vote for an Islam enabler?

They’re gonna love living under the Caliphate, tell you what!

Bullshit. They rightly worries that the short term impact of getting out of the euro is going to be very bad on their savings.

and obviously they fear changes

True.

I use it disparagingly.

I’m not offended. I was just curious why you thought I’m a commie. Was it something I said?

Anything is fine.

Why did you think I thought you were? Was it something I said? :idunno:

Unless you prove you’re not the Winston Smith, I cannot in good conscience strip you of your title… Comrade. :wink:

I feel kind of…dirty.
Jotham has agreed on something with me. :joy:

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I live in the south of France. I prefer Macron to Le Pen in that her policies are actually pretty statist and left wing (e.g., maintaining the generous social security system). Macron will reform (leading to a more flexible labour market and hopefully the reduction of red tape) albeit much slower than Fillon or Sarkozy likely would have. However, Sarkozy had limited success before so maybe an outsider is needed. Of course, people said that about Jimmy Carter. LOL.

It’s rare to find someone who actually took the time to read her plan! I spent months wondering:“How could anyone tag her FAR-RIGHT when she supports high spending and a strong state???” :grin:

They want to disown her, but her economic policies are clearly left wing positions that appeal to ex-socialist working class people in the North and North East of France. Macron is a protege of Jacques Attali – who was an advisor to Mitterrand. Mitterrand gets a bad rap from the right in France. He liberalized the bourses much more comprehensively (after reversing his leftist economic policies after two years) than his Gaullist predecessors. I think Macron will be Sphinx-like – sometimes tacking right and sometimes left. Am hoping when it comes to cutting red tape and reducing labour codes, he liberalizes like hell!

Never forget: fascism was a movement of the left that the left disowned and blamed the right for.

So yeah, she’s maybe a little fascist.

And you are a little pregnant!

According to a lot of French people I have talked to from a variety of political persuasions, shes also not nearly as smart/tough as her father. Jean-Marie (I despise his politics) is a formidable debater. I have seen many politicians sweat on BBC Hardtalk. Jean Marie didnt even break a sweat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BKNWvagc7k

It is too bad the scandal with Fillon. I thought he was the best on economics, but I strongly identified with Le Pen’s need to control immigration, and returning back to France’s currency and economic sovereingty is definitely a big plus, even if her own management would be awry. There’s only so much a president can do to reform economics when you share the same currency with irresponsible management from other nations whose accountability you can’t vote for.

I especially wish Germany had their Mark, as they were great leaders on monetary policy, which is lost on us today.

If you had a super candidate with Fillon’s economics and Le Pen’s immigration, economic sovereignty…that would be the winning ticket.

But then Germany would be so prosperous that it would attract lots of refugees, and –

Oh, wait…

I’m not talking about their own benefit. True, they could steer their economic prosperity more starkly with their own currency.

But I’m talking about the asset they were for the international community. Many currencies pegged to the Deutschmark as it was considered stable, inflation-free. Even some in Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet would follow the Mark. Particularly in the ultra-low/negative interest-rate environment of today, I wonder if the loss of German leadership bears some of the responsibility.

As it stands now, all the great German ideas on monetary policy get voted down by a majority of economic lightweights.