Calling him progressive is a stretch by a wide margin. He literally refuses to work with the left and will make deals with the right just to spite them.
France is the most recognizable country in terms of tackling climate change, they’re the only modern nation implementing “fuck cars” civic planning, and when they hosted the olympics they held a drag show.
Idk what you consider progressive but Macron can’t be that bad of a leader if the results are Americans fleeing the establishing right wing dictatorship to go to France in droves.
America’s “left” is easily as far to the right as him.
The fact that the US is worse doesn’t change the political state of France, and if you start defending far-right politicians because “these other ones are worse” that’s how you end up with a nazi government.
Macron openly and illegally hired a friend, gave him a lot of illegal access to a lot of places, and this friend illegally wore a cop outfit and went in protests to beat up people for fun. Macron’s reaction was “come get me”.
Macron’s government openly said during the worse of covid, when conspiracy theories were starting to grow, that wearing a mask was dangerous.
Macron commented about the colonial past of France “We were never thanked”.
Macron said that he believes a president should be “jupiterian”, which in more clear terms means a dictator.
Macron repeatedly called people who criticize Israel, defend Palestine, or simply oppose genocide, antisemitic.
Macron pushed for years the idea of money “trickling down” as a justification to give more government money to companies; as a result, rich became richer and poor became poorer.
And that’s just a few points, without even expanding on the government he picked who is made of a bunch of far right rapists and thieves.
If this is progressive to you, then that explains why the world is going to shit.
Calling him progressive is a stretch by a wide margin. He literally refuses to work with the left and will make deals with the right just to spite them.
France is the most recognizable country in terms of tackling climate change, they’re the only modern nation implementing “fuck cars” civic planning, and when they hosted the olympics they held a drag show.
Idk what you consider progressive but Macron can’t be that bad of a leader if the results are Americans fleeing the establishing right wing dictatorship to go to France in droves.
Macron is rightist leaning far-right.
America’s “left” is easily as far to the right as him. The fact that the US is worse doesn’t change the political state of France, and if you start defending far-right politicians because “these other ones are worse” that’s how you end up with a nazi government.
Macron openly and illegally hired a friend, gave him a lot of illegal access to a lot of places, and this friend illegally wore a cop outfit and went in protests to beat up people for fun. Macron’s reaction was “come get me”. Macron’s government openly said during the worse of covid, when conspiracy theories were starting to grow, that wearing a mask was dangerous. Macron commented about the colonial past of France “We were never thanked”. Macron said that he believes a president should be “jupiterian”, which in more clear terms means a dictator. Macron repeatedly called people who criticize Israel, defend Palestine, or simply oppose genocide, antisemitic. Macron pushed for years the idea of money “trickling down” as a justification to give more government money to companies; as a result, rich became richer and poor became poorer.
And that’s just a few points, without even expanding on the government he picked who is made of a bunch of far right rapists and thieves.
If this is progressive to you, then that explains why the world is going to shit.
Aaah I see the disconnect.
You think expanding healthcare as a human right, taxing the rich, and green energy are all right wing.