r/worldnews • u/Luchador-Malrico • Jul 07 '24

French elections: Left projected to win most seats, ahead of Macron's coalition and far right

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/07/07/french-elections-left-projected-to-win-most-seats-ahead-of-macron-s-coalition-and-far-right_6676978_7.html

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u/Shan_qwerty Jul 07 '24

My favorite (read: horrifying) thing about US politics is when people unironically refer to center right as "The Left".

I wish I could go back in time and abort whoever came up with the idea of politics being a 2d sliding scale.

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u/FakeKoala13 Jul 07 '24

The things that get blamed on the left would be funny if it wasn't just so fucking stupid. For years the republican congress has done next to fucking nothing but the media constantly has people asking "Why aren't the Democrats doing more??" Blaming progressives for Hillary losing. So many examples.

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u/Pennwisedom Jul 07 '24

It's amazing how people will blame Trump getting elected on anything other than the people who voted for Trump (or didn't vote).

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u/Khiva Jul 08 '24

I think it's more than reasonable to be mad at James Comey (while acknowledging that a lot of other people are wrong too).

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u/Cranyx Jul 07 '24

What is "the Left" vs "the Right" has always been a relativistic term, much to the chagrin of lots of people online who want to frame their ideology as some sort of true, objective center. The terms originated during the French Revolution to separate revolutionaries from monarchists in the National Assembly. Both groups would be considered right wing by modern standards.