France on Sunday took a step closer to delivering what was once seen as an unthinkable nightmare: a far-right government taking power in Paris for the first time.
Well... the first time in a while. And just as the last time was exiting living memory.
Are you, too, tired of the rhyming?
Last time wasn't exactly in Paris itself.
The nightmares are increasingly thinkable
What other outcome did Macron expect?
No one can tell for certain, but it does seem like he's been huffing his own farts so hard he figured he could win this.
Corporatist do be like that
I'm sure he expected this, the real question should be why he thought this was good.
Being in the government often leads to reduced popularity.
Consider the options:
To me it seems quite clear that option 2 is preferable to 1 for Macron.
Ahhh ye olde "We'll sabotage the ultra-right by putting them in power!"
This political gambit is an excellent choice for fucks and giggles.
Centrists putting fascists in power and then selling out the left to (temporarily) save their own asses is a tradition as old as fascism.
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