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French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

They’re supposed to represent what the people want

They are supposed to listen to their constituents and do whats best for them.

Sometimes that means not giving them what they want, cause the average person is a fucking moron.. and half of them are dumber than that.

Great example would be Brexit.

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[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

But who's really the moron here? People that don't like people that call them morons, or socialists who say they're for the working class, need the support of the working class for their movement to succeed, but publicly call the people they need support from "fucking morons"?

Trump also says similar things about people whose support he needs BTW.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yes yes the "b-b-both sides!" false equivalency again. Thats totally not tried and tired.

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[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You sound basically the same, but if you're wrapping yourself in the red flags of failure while Trump is wrapping himself in the American flag, why would you think someone would even bother to hear you out?

You can't win over the working class because modern socialism doesn't care about being appealing to the working class. It's entirely focused on being holier than thou towards liberals which accomplishes less than nothing. Net negative effect on society in real terms.

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Thats nice, Dear.

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[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 years ago

Thanks, sweetie.

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