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@mld-woody said:

Hey, at least they had options. 

And some level of cooperation to keep the far right at bay

It was a tactically brilliant night for people who oppose the far right, but strategically, it looks like a pyrrhic victory to me (kind of like the current neoliberal administration getting the progressive left on board with Biden to win 2020). 

@mld-woody said:

The options are going to lead to a middle ground more in line with the population's actual wants and beliefs. Having options got them to where they are. 

That's best case scenario, but not really a practical outcome. Le Pen's party is actually the largest single party in French parliament since the popular front and Macron's parties are both coalitions of multiple parties and each of those coalitions disagree with each other on most everything other than "Not the fascists!." Trying to keep populists out of power at all costs isn't really a long-term solution in France or America. They had better govern effectively, or more people in the middle are going to turn to the far-right to get things done. 

@jax said:

I thought you liked options?

The options are going to lead to a middle ground more in line with the population's actual wants and beliefs. Having options got them to where they are. 

@mld-woody said:

And some level of cooperation to keep the far right at bay

I thought you liked options?

@vaportrail said:

lol. Looks like it played out just like that in France.

Hey, at least they had options. 

And some level of cooperation to keep the far right at bay

@mld-woody said:

Maybe we'll luck out and it'll spring up a third party. And then more

@vaportrail said:

Be careful what you wish for. At this rate, the next third party might be a communist or national socialist party lmao. 

lol. Looks like it played out just like that in France.

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@vaportrail said:

Be careful what you wish for. At this rate, the next third party might be a communist or national socialist party lmao. 

That would be what he would want, along with CCC u n t.

@mld-woody said:

Maybe we'll luck out and it'll spring up a third party. And then more

Be careful what you wish for. At this rate, the next third party might be a communist or national socialist party lmao. 

@mld-woody said:

Social media ruined a generation. Damn

Yes yours.

@axe said:

Social media ruined a generation. Damn