• FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Thats wrong. Macron could not do any of this even if he wanted. Polarization is related to the instability of a regime. Capitalism is in deep crisis and the extreme positions start growing, while center positions become weaker until they cease to have any meaningfull existence. Its also naive to think that you can go back to when centrism was viable. Its not a matter of liking it or not, its how it works. Macron isnt dictating how history progress, its history that will do a driveby over Macron

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      5 months ago

      Macron was the centrist alternative last time around. He eroded his support by the way he conducted the country, foremost by how he unilaterally pushed retirement legislation through against the will of the parliament.

      So he had a hand in undermining the centrist position so in a way he did dictate historical progress.

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          5 months ago

          That’s besides the point. I do personally think that reform was necessary, but his action opened up a can of worms if the RN ever gets to deliver a presidency.