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I still can't help but blame the voters.
Not sure if you are serious or satyrising the dems. But the electorate got the result that most of them wanted. It might not have been what you wanted, but why does 'blame' come into it?
The French system combines the worst elements of fptp and pr. And they can only keep that trick running so long. Who is macron's successor? Can you be as certain whoever he puts up is going to beat le pen next time?
I'll go and have a peek at the being on it now and report back..
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Yeah, it was like a short four year change of pace in the lunacy. Maybe you could be generous and say he perhaps he was running the presidency for the times that he would have ideally suited to it - 15 - 20 years ago and when he could have reliably expected 8 years at it.
I still can't help but blame the voters. The French seem to manage this every time they have a presidency election, it's always some right wing loon vs someone no-one really wants but the entire country manages to come out and hold their nose to make the vote. The Dems didn't help themselves, the choice wasn't good, but there's no excuse for failure to vote.