▲ 1185 ▼ French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by Womble@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 236 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Don't get me wrong, I'm still terrified, but I think the chances are better than the media is portraying currently. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] weeahnn@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Don't forget that the media's main goal is profit. How can they make sure to make more and more profit? By constantly showing you stuff that keeps you in fear and in turn makes you want to know everything that's happening. The only way to know the current events? Watch our media segments, read our newspaper, read our website etc. (also see 24/7 news cycle) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scarabic@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago What you said is true and in addition to that we should consider that the responsible thing to do in the face of fascism is raise the alarm. Not crying panic over far right politicians and their nightmare policy fantasies would just normalize them and help bring those nightmares about. So while there is a fairly typical “follow the money” argument to be made here, alarmism over fascist ideologies is also just good activism and responsible citizenry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] weeahnn@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Don't forget that the media's main goal is profit. How can they make sure to make more and more profit? By constantly showing you stuff that keeps you in fear and in turn makes you want to know everything that's happening. The only way to know the current events? Watch our media segments, read our newspaper, read our website etc. (also see 24/7 news cycle) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scarabic@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago What you said is true and in addition to that we should consider that the responsible thing to do in the face of fascism is raise the alarm. Not crying panic over far right politicians and their nightmare policy fantasies would just normalize them and help bring those nightmares about. So while there is a fairly typical “follow the money” argument to be made here, alarmism over fascist ideologies is also just good activism and responsible citizenry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago What you said is true and in addition to that we should consider that the responsible thing to do in the face of fascism is raise the alarm. Not crying panic over far right politicians and their nightmare policy fantasies would just normalize them and help bring those nightmares about. So while there is a fairly typical “follow the money” argument to be made here, alarmism over fascist ideologies is also just good activism and responsible citizenry. permalink fedilink source parent