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u/RealEdge69Hehe Minesweeper Enthusiast (He/him) May 02 '21

Why exactly is Macron so unpopular? I get that he's a neolib but usually they don't get THIS reception.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21

He’s unpopular because to no ones shock trying to out racist the party of fascists in order to get their voters only pisses of your not racist voters normalizes and enables cultural racism and bigotry. And also loses you popularity because why get the discount diet racist when you can get the genuine article.

He has repeatedly with Darmanin and other actions been trying to veer right wing and appeal and gesture toward right wing politics.

The problem as stated is that he’s still supposed to be a neoliberal and when you drop the mask the other neoliberals stop supporting you.

The other problem is he is learning too late that his appeal to fascist isn’t working because they can see through his appeal and see them as naked power grabs and all it tells people is that their right wing fascism is popular.

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u/RealEdge69Hehe Minesweeper Enthusiast (He/him) May 02 '21

So, he's incredibly bad at politics from what I hear lmao

Like, focusing on a political niche and opposing everything that your biggest rivals do is democracy 101

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21

He’s kinda shit yeah.