• Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee
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      18 days ago

      Fucking moderates want to campaign on progressive values so they need to move everyone else further right so they seem progressive in comparison.

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      18 days ago

      It really seemed like he didn’t, and was pulling out all the stops to block them. And then he did an about-face and extended an olive branch to them after they were kept out of power. Kinda insane.

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        18 days ago

        It’s the kind of liberalism that acts progressive until it might actually make a difference, then flees to the right. Although Macron has never really looked progressive.