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Yeah, they should have bucked the system like we did with Trump. Then they could have all those former Goldman-Sachs employees in high-ranking political seats as well! That will show the global banking structure!
What the contrasting results of the French and American elections show is that the French are too smart for their own good and the Americans are still in possession of good ol' Yankee common sense.
I just hope (and pray) that the jocular derision of those so sanguine about the French election result survives the headlines in France over the next few years.
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So your future is fascism?
You imply that Trump is the result of common sense. Ironic, as that is one of many things Trump does not possess. A con man's eye for a mark and the ability to play them, that he's got.
Whatever Trump is or isn't, the common sense of the matter belonged to the American voter who voted against the politics as usual represented by Trump's opponent and for a much needed change in the direction the nation needs to take.
The French voter voted for more of the same. I hope they don't get it.
You're just tossing around a media-borne shibboleth here.
It would make sense to know and consider what someone is and isn't before voting for them. To me that would be common sense.
LePenn is too extreme. Maybe in 5 years when she tries again that won't be true anymore. We shall see.
It will be a sad day for democracy when she is not an extremist.
I don't think it's helpful to label people with differing political views as "extremists."
ISIS are extremists. Al Qaeda are extremists. Boko Haram are extremists. Le Pen is just a right-wing candidate in a traditionally liberal nation.
Is it really appropriate to use the same catch-all noun to describe both ISIS and the alt-right?
The National Front (FN) are an extremist fascist organisation well deserving the extreme appellation. As is their leader. Also any opprobrium heaped upon them.
Do you not understand the irony of you lambasting A Goldman-Sachs appointee when Macron is a Rothschild flunkie? The Rothschild Bank is even more "old traditionalist money" than Goldman-Sachs. You come off better when lambasting both sides because your efforts at partisanship are hilariously unfounded.
In a time when I would like to see France more in the forefront, I think France will take a back seat.
France isn't going anywhere.
Elections have consequences. It wasn't a charade. Le Pen was crushed because she was a crap candidate. The Christian triune god is completely and totally irrelevant to that simple fact.
Deal with it.
I never advocate violence. However knowing Europe, the people can and will take matters into their own hands if the elites won't. As a Jew the rise of the Nzazis are a cautionary tale.I hope the elite of France still remember the bloody revolution.
Know my intentions, do you? :lol:
The thread is as predictable as any other here. A few (or more than a few) twits get on a thread that they can't possibly argue against in a mature, intelligent manner, carry on in a grand old circle jerk, "like"ing what is perceived by them and their ilk as sarcasm, wit, comedy, and farce, carry on so for about three or four pages until they feel a sense of accomplishment in derailing a thread they had no intention of understanding or arguing against in any meaningful way.
A few nuggets, shiny points of observation and insight sometimes pan out, but for the most part it's just muddy waters...
You having been around since 07 should know this....unless, of course, oh, oh, I see.....
It is rather entertaining watching all the impotent rage still carried on by the victor's supporters...(double entendre? but of course...):lol:
And how does one "research" doom? Pray tell.If you want mature, intelligent discussion rather than a circle jerk to tell you Europe is doomed then go do some research and come back when you can present an intelligent discussion.
Learn something new everyday. lol
Then France must've invented ketchup because fries without ketchup is like the EU without France.
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2017/June/41/6/magazine/article/10839550/
peut-être un jour, we'll meet again...