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Emmanuel Macron and the Crisis of the Elite

23-7-2017 < Red Ice Creations 66 134 words
 
Emmanuel Macron and the Crisis of the Elite Is he stumbling towards sanity? Did we back the wrong candidate in France? Is Emmanuel Macron—dare I say it—“our guy”? Only a few months ago the Great and the Good were celebrating the victory of the fanatically pro-EU and anti-nationalist Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential election. The brand-new party Mr. Macron founded then went on to win a majority in the French parliament. Mr. Macron’s approach towards his own country had been approaching nihilism. He called colonization a “crime against humanity,” and suggested France must apologize. He called mass immigration from the Third World “unstoppable.” He even denied the existence of French culture, saying that “there is culture in France and it is diverse.” His opponent in the presidential election, Marine Le Pen, had asked voters to…
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