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> very unpopular globalist selling out the French people Yes he was a banker before running for office. The left is pushing this narrative a lot. Forgetting th

by srge 4y ago

> very unpopular globalist selling out the French people Yes he was a banker before running for office. The left is pushing this narrative a lot. Forgetting that their leader is a millionaire who never worked in the private sector…

olivermarks 4y ago
I categorize 'the left' as either anarchist/progressives with no practical experience in running anything, the petit bourgeois woke leftist trend fashionistas but with lamentably few actual working class (in some case historically as there are few jobs) moderate left representation. The same issues are also a crisis in the UK (I'm a UK citizen) - ultra wealthy globalist leadership, straw man opposition, angry, frustrated electorate who feel no one is representing them.
ethbr0 4y ago
> millionaire who never worked in the private sector That is the most French thing I've heard all week.
- srge 4y ago
  The net worth of every politician is public. Jean-Luc Mélenchon the leader of the left is an actual millionnaire. He always has been a professional politician. This guy wants to run a country and make it prosper…
  - olivermarks 4y ago
    Sounds like Biden, career politician! (Although admittedly Biden enabled the vast US credit card usury industry out of Delaware with the private banking sector) https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/11/biden-bankruptcy-president/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/11/biden-bankruptc...
    - littlestymaar 4y ago
      In France, most president were career politicians as well, AFAIK only three of them actually worked in the private sector at some point (Pompidou, Giscard d'Estaing and Macron, all of which were banker prior, in he same investment bank). So not a lot of diversity, but even if that's regrettable, it's pretty ridiculous to blame Mélenchon for that.
    - ethbr0 4y ago
      I looked that up before posting, out of curiosity. Seems Biden only became a millionaire after his stint as VP, from book sales and speaking engagements. Being in Congress doesn't pay much.
  - anigbrowl 4y ago
    The leader of the left, or just a leftist leader? I don't care for simplistic reductionism, it reminds me of Le Pen's rhetoric.

by srge 4y ago

olivermarks 4y ago

I categorize 'the left' as either anarchist/progressives with no practical experience in running anything, the petit bourgeois woke leftist trend fashionistas but with lamentably few actual working class (in some case historically as there are few jobs) moderate left representation. The same issues are also a crisis in the UK (I'm a UK citizen) - ultra wealthy globalist leadership, straw man opposition, angry, frustrated electorate who feel no one is representing them.

ethbr0 4y ago

> millionaire who never worked in the private sector That is the most French thing I've heard all week.

srge 4y ago
The net worth of every politician is public. Jean-Luc Mélenchon the leader of the left is an actual millionnaire. He always has been a professional politician. This guy wants to run a country and make it prosper…
- olivermarks 4y ago
  Sounds like Biden, career politician! (Although admittedly Biden enabled the vast US credit card usury industry out of Delaware with the private banking sector) https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/11/biden-bankruptcy-president/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/11/biden-bankruptc...
  - littlestymaar 4y ago
    In France, most president were career politicians as well, AFAIK only three of them actually worked in the private sector at some point (Pompidou, Giscard d'Estaing and Macron, all of which were banker prior, in he same investment bank). So not a lot of diversity, but even if that's regrettable, it's pretty ridiculous to blame Mélenchon for that.
  - ethbr0 4y ago
    I looked that up before posting, out of curiosity. Seems Biden only became a millionaire after his stint as VP, from book sales and speaking engagements. Being in Congress doesn't pay much.
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  The leader of the left, or just a leftist leader? I don't care for simplistic reductionism, it reminds me of Le Pen's rhetoric.