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TexasTowelie

(111,940 posts) Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:40 AM Apr 2022

Can Macron's victory unite France after hemorrhaging votes? - DW News

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Can Macron's victory unite France after hemorrhaging votes? - DW News (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2022 OP

That's the cycle, culture covers for the rich and discontents the left who elect fascists eventually bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #1

bucolic_frolic

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1. That's the cycle, culture covers for the rich and discontents the left who elect fascists eventually

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Mon Apr 25, 2022, 08:06 AM

Apr 2022

Then wars, revolutions, insurrections leading to regret and cleansing and we start over.

The French Revolution, btw, could be seen as having a significant insurrection component, since there were elites stirring up the populace before and during.

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