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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

Kind of hilarious how "democracy" works when the rich and powerful don't like what the people are voting for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Can anybody explain what the deal is with Mélanchon and why everyone sort of hates him in the coalition and even some inside his party?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

He's a big mouthed dude and he's got some questionable positions, especially when it comes to China and Russia. I'm not a big fan of him and his persona but he's also not completely wrong on a lot of subjects (moving away from the 5th republic, increasing taxation for the rich, welcoming refugees, funding of social services, etc).
Some people love to paint him as a Stalin/Pol pot/Mao to be, and as the other side of the extreme coin.
My biggest gripe with him is that LFI is his party and there's not much democracy in it. A lot of people got excluded because they dared to speak up, which is not a great outlook when trying to defend yourself from being an authoritarian party.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

That took him a while.