psvrh , 22 days ago

The problem with the US (and Canada, and to a lesser degree the UK) is that the centrists would rather lose to the far right than legitimize actual leftism.

We’ve seen this in Canada several times, at all levels, where the Liberals would rather go down in flames in an election, knowing that they’ll get another shot in a few years time, then share power with actual leftists in order to keep the right from doing more damage.

I’m really impressed with Macron. That’s a level of long term holistic thinking that you don’t normally see from neoliberal politicians.