As I mainly talked about Macron, and didn't have time to go in details on the rise of the far right in France (future video?) I want to emphasize here to French voters that as much as I dislike Macron, I clearly won't vote for Marine Le Pen and don't recommend anybody do so.
I still don't understand how it's possible you push your own narrative against Macron before a very crucial and delicate ballot vote, with an ongoing war few km away from France. Considering also your criticism about manipulation, this video probably represents a genuine expression of it.
@@andreap2320 Come on Andrea, I did talk about the far right multiple times in this video... I'm not supporting Le Pen's ideas as it's very clearly explained in the video and in previous videos I've produced. There is absolutely nothing in this video encouraging people to vote for her.
As a Russian, I’d prefer having a choice between a giant douche and a turd sandwich rather than no choice at all. I think this douche-turd dichotomy is an inherent part of democracy and the universal suffrage. Nobody has come up with a better solution yet, and you can see what the other alternative has done to Russia, Ukraine and Europe in general.
Maybe it‘s not the point of the video, but it‘s such a strange notion that instead of paying craftspeople well, they should instead desire to get different „better“ jobs. A horticulturist probably is a horticulturist because he‘s more of a plant-person and likes the manual labor of the job and he might even be miserable in and not suited for customer service. It might be a bit romantic, but I sometimes think that a greater appreciation for crafts in the wider sense would solve a lot of problems.
I don't mean to hijack the conversation. But Macron's politics seriously neglect industrialization and agriculture. He focuses on cost-cutting instead (pushing the retirement age back, cutting funding for social services and mass privitization). Economically speaking, this will create an economic recession and job losses will result. Speaking of horticulture, it would be so easy to legalize marijuana and create an entire industry around that. Or at the very least build some urban greenhouses in lieu of abandoned warehouses or factories. Whether you're on the left or the right, you should be concerned with the lack of ambition when it comes to agriculture and industrialization.
@@user-xg6zz8qs3q He isn't that good, but would you see the others... I mean it's not like this subject interests many people anyway. We're in full americanization of politics, so complexity is out of the window
@@Lucas-ni3xp This subject impacts ALL people. Most candidates have spoken about industrialization one way or another. But during the campaigns, this subject was avoided entirely. It's likely that liberal policies and the European Union work against industrialization in France.
Funny what Macron said about restaurants and hotels. As a Canadian with 10 years in the food service industry, I can confidently say there is 100% a shortage of labour. The problem is the working conditions. I do not blame people for leaving industry/ not wanting to join it.
of course, no one really wants to work in restaurants and so on,conditions are tough, paychecks are bad and so on , no to mention that claiming that whoever wants to have a job can get one, is just a joke ... how would there be something like 6 millions of unemployed people in france otherwise? lots of people are actually accepting really awful jobs just in order to have a living and a life ... i do not know what these people are thinking but being a maid or sewage worker is definitely a dream job. If what they are considering was true - that is to say that people do not want to work - for sure they would find no one at all to get to have such careers indeed
@@redfruit1993z Montreal has huge population of young French people attracted by the availability of work and the quality of life. Smaller numbers can be found in Quebec City and Ottawa-Gatineau. While the pandemic disrupted the migration a bit, it has been a trend for some time and will almost certainly resume in the future.
@@paranoidrodent I was supposed to settle in Ontario. What disrupted those plans was that I'm disabled (and chronically ill, I have quite a few treatments, most of them 100% covered by social security but not all) and poor (like very poor). You need diplomas (and I only have a high school diploma) and quite a bit of money in reserve to be able to make that move. In the end, only the middle and upper class can afford migration. That's also why most people, even in poor countries or countries at war are stuck suffering in their country. Also, Canada is very picky. I heard that even if I had the money, it would be hard for me to qualify for residency as I am epileptic (also autistic and trans, I don't know if those might cause some issue too...).
@@littlestarshepherd I know our immigration department is picky as hell. As a fellow autistic trans person, I feel for you. Honestly, our public resources for those two issues are so-so. You really want supplemental insurance to help with autism resources and for trans people, it varies by province but generally they cover top and bottom surgeries but everything else is out of pocket or private insurance (this can get really expensive for trans women). It’s possible that your anticipated medical costs get factored into the points system as a negative. I am not sure. Most of our immigrants are indeed middle and upper class since most of our immigration is economically driven. Having limited resources and insufficient education to readily find work here will absolutely hurt your odds (for a reference point on education, over 50% of Canadians have university degrees - that is now "average" here). Refugees fleeing war-torn areas are supposed to be dealt with by a separate refugee claim system that is supposed to be focused on their level of danger/distress.
As a young French person living in the UK, I've come to become proud of my country for everything but the elite. I'm proud of the french people, culture and way of life. That does not mean I like my State or take pride in the Government's actions. And to be fair, it could be said for every country. We need to distinguish nations from States.
in all big democracies in the world right now we are having to choose between the horrible and the less horrible, hope democracy prevails these hard times.
@@kevinallister8373 im a anarchist myself but the only thing that can take the place of democracy right now is an autocracy like in china or a czarist oligarchy like in russia, and i prefer to have my bad choices than none at all.
@@doug9000 Exactly. I truly believe in the ideals of Anarchy, but... They just can't exist in the current world, with the current population. To be blinded by ideology is to give up on the real world and the people actually living in it
5:09 Japan’s soft power agency (クールジャパン) actually works with France’s government for propaganda purposes. Shueisha (publisher of lots of popular manga) gave Macron a big One Piece print out signed by the author with him writing “pour m. le président et tous mes lecturers français”. It was very publicized especially within the One Piece community and I thought that it was pretty weird.
One will always "hate" their country because of the connection and love they feel for their culture, their people, their home and they know there are so many thing that can and should be better, but it seems like it's never coming. It's like when a parent gets mad by the actions of their child - be it for getting a low grade at school or behaving badly. It's not that the parent hates their child, it's because they know they are capable of way better things, yet they didn't do it. So yeah, I see the relationship between a person and their country like the relationship of a parent and their child. You clearly see the potential, but getting there is so hard.
" see the relationship between a person and their country like the relationship of a parent and their child." it is funny because I think the same thing but the other way around. France is like a parent to me : when I was younger I thought of it as flawless and I would believe its lies naively. But now that I'm grown I see its flaws and lies therefore I'm disappointed (as you said because I know it can do better). Moreover because I'm mixed/black, I see France as a parent who don't want to recognize me as its own. An abusive parent who can't own up to the abuse and would rather point out my shortcomings without ever questionning its responsability in the said shortcomings.
Funny perspective that in this metaphor you would cast the individual as the parent role and the country as the child... Reality is that culture and heritage is much older than any particular individual human and we are just born with great inheritances.. which is why our education process takes 15-30 years Jesus Christ... but yes once one grows up enough they see the flaws and failures of their parent culture and so they rebel against it to try to incite change, the same way children unconsciously press their parent's buttons to try to trigger them into confronting their wounds and healing (but sometimes just trigger more cycle of abuse to the degree that the parent is resisting evolution and healing)
@@misskate8828 I’m so sorry you have to deal with that. Although I am white I’m from Bosnia and i am jewish. Most of my childhood was spent with teachers discriminating my mother and being bullied for my origin and religion. France truly has a way of making people feel like shit I hope you’re okay
As a french expat who lives in North America, it's staggering to notice how french culture has evolved to become an extension of what we see in the US. The hyper individualism, this cynical view of society and the world, the wariness of one an another, the cult of celebrities. It's no wonder politics are following this trend. French elitism and the shame/pride culture probably make the shift even more potent and sensitive to American influence, too
Wow! I love the title and you’re fulfilling the French stereotype of looking casually fabulous with a glass of wine that’s part accessory, part weapon.
“What I didn’t know at the time was - that was the peak.” When I tell you I ScREaMED. I think part of the reason the Left flounders is because people have been so drowned in neoliberalism as a kind of economic pseudo-science. They either lost sight of the goal or are simply exhausted. In my heart I voted NPA.
Nah, it is because right-ist parties get so much more publicity. It is easy to get publicity and good one at that when you do everything for the rich. Remeber this is why having rich people own news outlets is a bad idea
@@Somajsibereyou just a complotist ! Marine le pen was widely criticized by big corporation and the wealthy class but she still got a big exposure in the media.
@@mikhael636 widely criticized is a bit of a strech. Even in the more neutral descriptions of her she is presented as having a left wing economic policy, yet no one considers, given that she plans on both increasing welfare and decreasing taxes, that it is just a campaing promise to be broken. She has no intention on passing those laws, but someone poor and desperate enough might still vote for her, not knowing her campaign promises are bullshit. That for her is good publicity.
The left removed all the barrieres there were for neo-liberalism (people, nation, religion, family), so I always find it incredibly funny when they complain about it.
As a German, we barely made it to a center-leftist government last year in the national election, after 16 years of conservative-lead government under Merkel. I personally have only ever experienced Merkel as chancellor, i liked her as a person (her humour especially, it's really subtle but boy, she can stand up to the far right like nobody else) but with the war, in many ways we experience now how naked we stand in the face of renewable and independent energy sources, which are one of the biggest shortcomings of her government. I'm happy about the change, but our current chancellor has as much charisma and courage as stale bread. However I feel like there isn't as much of a personality cult here as it is in France, and i never realised that until now. The personality cult around the French President that is. Actually, shamefully, i have to admit that I'm much more familiar with American politics than with our neighbors, despite only living maybe 2h away from the French border. Macron is seen here as the only viable alternative, le pen would put the EU in a severe crisis, which I'm not sure it would survive.
Did it strike you too when Scholz decided to increase the defence budget to 2% of the GDP, rather than quickening the pace of the green transition (Russia funds the war by selling its gas)?
@@simonvanleeuwen7877 yeah it seemed to me he did use the fear and uncertainty of these times to push this policy forward, which would otherwise have been a very unpopular decision (i reckon). However i agree, it's pretty much a non-solution as it does nothing to increase independence of fossil fuels and therefore Russia. A significant increase in renewables would probably be cheaper and more sustainable in more than just one meaning of the word. But i suppose there's nothing much to expect from a man who conveniently doesn't remember his involvement in one of the country's biggest financial scandals of recent times.
Semi-retired prof here who was used to seeing students lose hope that the future won't be a climate catastrophe, class warfare and militarism. i don't have any advice, just sympathy.
@@exaggeratedswaggerofablackteen In a free market, consumer is king. in a too big to fail market, the too big to fail capitalists are king. whomever makes the rules wins.
I know that since our societies are so globalized, there is a lot of political overlap between countries. But I do feel the "cult of personality" aspect of French politics is quite similar to America's (from my personal observation). The idea that we basically seem to get only "two options" (aka our countries both have a semi-presidential system)-- though I would argue here in America we have FAR less of a chance for parties other than the two to gain political power.
@Wex MCL Catalan here. The disillusion w the political system is widespread in many democracies except those recent in ex-communist countries. Having only two sides also happens often (although France has three, Progressives, Liberals and Conservatives)
USA is far more polarized. In Europe you have from time to time completely "out of the blue" presidents (like just elected Czech prez Petr Pavel) or new movements starting and in 5-10 years sweeping general elections. In USA 3rd party candidate can at most spoil election for the candidate more similar to her/him. Also except for France its usually parliament that is more powerful and if you need majority to pass laws its different dynamics. A strong leader can sometimes have 200 deputies in grasp, but most of the time they need to cooperate or the back benches can thwart the leadership by abstaining. With coalitions its even more balancing - like the 3 party coalition in Italy (which is very far right BTW) - any one leader or group of deputies could cause a crisis. In USA executive can write orders almost as powerful as laws, appoint top positions out of hand and run the country shifting a lot of its priorities even with deadlocked Congress not passing any laws.
To continue the discussion, after the results from the first round, melanchon's voters insisted that leftist should continue to believe and should vote during the "legislative" which is the election for the parliament. If there's a majority of leftist elected, than the prime minister would be from the left, and he is the one who choose the members of the government. This would be a BIG conterpower. Melanchon himself asked to consider this election as the third round and to make him the prime minister. The anticapitalist party already said that they want to join force with the Union Populaire (Melanchon's party) for this election. So yeah, maybe the future 5 years won't be as dreadful as it seems
Melanchon did not make it to the second round here. So hoping that a lot of his teammates would be elected during the legislative, which work the same way as the presidential elections with 2 rounds, and that they would get a majority seems very ambitious. A left alliance for the presidential election would have been a better solution.
A bitter reality though is that, as she pointed out, being prime minister isn't THAT much of a counter position as the power concentrates quite a bit around the president. But worse is the fact that seems overly optimistic. How can the left acquire majority in the parliament in the first place if today they're so few and melénchon couldn't get 25%? Where's that vote coming from? I hope the best for the french and world's left though, we all need to believe in this.
@@metametodo exactly and I don't like the speech from melenchon party that the 22% are all a full programmatic adhesion vote and not a vote utile. Just remember 5y ago I think melenchon had 16% at presidentiel and 7 % at législatives I bet the gap will be at least the same this year bc PS / ERLV are big parties locally compared to LFI
@@moreaupascal56 True, the party dynamics are very different for the presidential election and the more "local" ones (municipales, legislatives etc). But also, the level of participation is much lower than the presidential. I think one of Melanchon's strategy (on top of the union) is to limit abstention on that "3rd round", hoping to keep (and enhance?) the enthusiasm and high score on the 1st round. Time will tell if it worked (I'm not so optimistic :( )
It’s a bit tiring how people who say people didn’t want this second round and Macron act as if all people didn’t want it. Yet, they typically voted for Mélenchon which was clearly rejected by people in the first round for the same popularism fear that Le Pen inspires and the same issues that Le Pen have (violence, racism, communism in their parties). The hard truth for all these people and this video creator who is clearly on the far left of things, maybe all people didn’t want Macron but they clearly didn’t want Mélenchon.
Je crois qu'on est nombreux à être scandalisés de ce qui se passe dans notre pays en ce moment. Ces élections et les années à venir risquent d'être très difficiles, voire violentes. En revanche, je ne suis pas d'accord avec toi sur le début de la vidéo: j'aime profondément mon pays, ses paysages, sa richesse culturelle, littéraire ... C'est notamment pour cette raison (parmis tant d'autres) que je suis dégoûtée de voir des gens qui n'en ont rien à foutre de leur peuple à la tête du pouvoir... En tous les cas c'est vraiment chouette que tu parles de la situation de notre pays en Anglais, ça ouvre des perspectives de discussions avec des gens qui voient ça d'un œil plus extérieur. Merci pour ton travail!
J'ai l'impression que la grande majorité des gens aiment la France, ils aiment surtout par dessus tout se plaindre Pour avoir vécu à l'étranger, je suis chaque jour reconnaissante d'être française, de vivre ici. Non seulement car on vit mieux que la plupart des gens sur la planète meme en étant pauvre, mais aussi parce qu'on est beaucoup plus libres, ouverts, francs. Je suis née en Angleterre et j'ai détesté, c'est moche et la mentalité ne me plaît pas. En Corée du Sud par exemple j'ai bien senti la grande difference, j'ai eu l'impression d'être face à des PNJ. En France les gens sont bien plus sociables, ouverts au dialogue. Alors certes il y a des défauts dans notre politique mais c'est la même chose partout, faut simplement agir pour l'améliorer. J'ai pas l'impression que le plus grand problème de la France soit les étrangers ou le racisme, c'est la pauvreté. C'est en partie pour ça que je pense qu'il faut voter stratégique, voter Le Pen et la bloquer aux législatives. Car on sait tous que Macron va faire passer des pions aux législatives...
@@victoriia je suis tout à fait d'accord sur tout ce que tu dis. Et oui, les plus gros problèmes de la France ne sont pas "les étrangers" ou "le racisme", nous sommes l'un des pays les plus ouverts au monde, et il n'y a pas plus de racisme systémique qu'ailleurs. En effet, je ne voterai pas pour ma conscience au prochain tour, j'estime que Macron a un dédain beaucoup trop profond pour son peuple et notament les gens qui souffrent et qui peinent à finir le mois (coucou gilets jaunes...). J'ai voté Mélenchon au premier tour car il incarnait un souffle nouveau que j'aurai adoré voir triompher pour notre pays. Malheureusement je m'étais fixé comme engagement de tout faire pour virer Macron, y compris voter pour le ou la candidat.e face à lui au second tour. Je ne supporterai pas de le voir 5 ans de plus à la tête de notre pays, à détruire ses ressources, son système social et ses institutions au profit d'un libéralisme suicidaire et à se moquer des gens ouvertement.
I‘m a foreign student here in France and I was so disappointed when seeing that Mélenchon didn‘t make it, so now I guess I have to hope for Macron cause the other option is somehow even worse
Voting for melanchon is wishing the death of the French civilization. As a conservative I respect all opinions but I will never understand those people who hate themselves, their country, their history. French leftists want to welcome all migrants but they can't even properly integrate the children of former waves of immigration. There is a real denial about their own insanity among lefties.
Despite melenchon's decent domestic policy, he is extremely against Nato and the EU, and has said on multiple occasions that the invasion of crimea was justified and that it is Nato's fault russia invaded Ukraine. Out of the top 3 candidates, macron was the best for europe and the world.
@@levliakhovetskyi8243 Explain that to Alice then, she apparently couldn't care less about Ukrainians, the pro Putin stance of he beloved Mélenchon or his hatred of the EU! Alice is a joke, please wake up guys! This isn't France, were much better than that!
My opinions often differ from yours, which is why I listen to you. Your opinions are so we'll thought out. As a newly retired senior citizen, I no longer have co-worker's differing opinions to ponder. And, I think it is really important to listen to people. I've always believed (well, at least since middle school) that at the end of the day, the vast majority of us have more in common with each other than not. So thank you for your thought-filled videos!
Yeea that's why I don't be complaining over my life, there's already lots of Russians, South Africans and Brazilians in need of God's favor Strenght and Glory
Tho unfortunately, the rate per proportion of suicides in France and Belgium combined are equal per exemple of those of Russia. Hold on to life and stay tough whoever is reading this
I’m from France and I wish we would have a government similar to Russia. I hate her kind and I think that in a few years there will be a violent conflict in France. People are getting riled up, everyone hates the government and everyone hates each other. As I said, I hate her kind so if this conflict really happens we’ll know who to go after.
Interesting video! however, I would never say I hate France. I love and value free healthcare and education far too much! but I understand you meant the French political system
This was fascinating!! I dont know enough about the politics of other countries and while ive heard about yellow vest protests and macron i hadnt heard such a succinct explanation of the politics. Please make more like this about how France is. For example you talked about analysing propaganda in school! Thats interesting I never did that at school in Northern Ireland. Is it true you also learn philosophy in french schools? Great video as always, one of the best youtubers
@@AliceCappelle And I remember analysing propaganda as well, that was an important part of History classes in middle school! Mostly so we don't fall for it in their new forms, though I'm not sure it worked for everyone, when I hear so many conspiracy theorists...
Maybe you talked about it before, but would be interesting if you talked about the bubble effect around political elections... In our young people, "social-liberal" artisty interested sphere (don't know how to phrase differently), it felt like the whole French Internet was rooting for Mélenchon (or Zemmour for another part of the internet lol) and in the end they only made 28% of voters, I feel like people still didn't realized that bubble effect bc so many were surprised by the results of Macron still going first. In my opinion it plays some part in the resentment people feel, bc it kind of feel like we were "betrayed" by other people (like "hey, didn't we all agree that we hated him during the last five years???" ), by the election as we saw no one around us giving different feedback an. Same thing in the US with last election
we are indeed far stronger than Zemmour in the internet but Zemmour is indeed having oligarchs running for him and has been enjoying the support of many former le pen supporters who turned their backs on her ... the thing is that a good deal of them went back to support her after they felt like that both of they could very well not be making it to the second round ... i am sad to say just this but strategy-wise the right is far smarter than the left, even the far right by the way , as the right managed to spread their votes on both macron and the far right so that they can prevent us to get to reach the second round and the far right was not that very smart but they regrouped on time so that they avoid being beaten right from the first round, while the so called left did not do anything to help Melenchon ... and actually turned out to make him fail
That's the issue with this party it's a bubble of city ppl that are really well and settled in life therefore it does not succeed to convince workers by speaking about subjects that are interesting to them and it is spending too much time on societal subjects
@@moreaupascal56 it's almost like centralizing power too much was a bad idea or something. Even in my tiny country there's a big divide between city and countryside, where the well-off city people have a hard time understanding the struggles of the hard life in the country. There are some necessary policies which will disproportionately impact the countryside that have to be implemented on a global scale and that's too bad but there isn't really a choice, but at the same time I think we'd be much better off with less centralized power in the president and the federal government and more decentralized power in the communes and cantons. That will also help a lot of clashes between different people which in turn will dial down the rampant political polarization too.
I agree with you. I feel that this bubble effect also exists within the realms of one political party. Quite a few left-wing people I follow online were shocked when they realized a non negligible part of Melenchon voters were willing to vote for LePen against Macron, because it seemed like a total antithesis to Melenchon's current values. But the thing is, France Insoumise has not always been what it is today, and for several (older? More traditional) voters, LePen and Melenchon had more common points than LePen and Macron.
@@moreaupascal56 lol u have been really proven wrong to say the very least during the last election ... very popular districts came back to the polls thanks to us ... besides, some other wrong thing that u said is about "the usual voter" indeed, we are not wealthy .. but lots of us have a strong educational background, this is a very different story ... (i have a master's degree and the bottomline is that i have a very precarious financial situation though ... lots of us are ...)
how pleasant it must be - to talk about politics in that categories, feel safe and believe that you can choose, change something. what we have here near russia it`s like another world. like we are living in the dystopian novel, which you are reading.. srry for mistakes Slava Ukraini Long Live Belarus мы справимся, ребята
As a French/German person living in Germany this video really represented my thoughts incredibly well!! I love your videos, thank you so much for taking your time to make such well researched and developed content! And of course I’ll make sure to vote this week-end ;) A bientôt et bisous de l’allemagne !
French here: France has always been a pretty ambivalent country with regard to politics. It is "roman national" has been tied to revolution (1789, 1871) and resistance to fascism. And has always known a powerful left wing movement. With the pcf (before the 80's), cgt, le front populaire etc etc... Or with the may 68' protest. More recently with the yellow vest movement. Also some big intellectual figures were largely from the left (Althusser, Foucault, Sartre and so on). There is truly a tradition of class struggle in France. As a legacy of 1789 and the history of class struggle we claim universal value (Freedom, Egality, human right). And also the right to impose them. Through colonialism (in Algeria for example). There is also a fascination for strong leader. Like Napoléon, De Gaulle, and now Macron. Consequently we have also a pretty strong far right (Maurras, Pétain, Jean-Marie Le Pen and now Zemmour). And now some right wing can even present themselves has defender of the universal republican values. It's almost like behind this façade of universality lie fascism... Mais le pays pas finito. The left and social movement are still there fighting.
@@lucasgrey9794 well in the second world War? With De Gaulle and "l'appel". Like the now famous story of Jean Moulin. Ofc most of the French population wasn't part of the resistance but resistance is now a part of the French "roman national" or it's national narrative and that's what is important here.
@@uburoi9406 That's hilarious considering how utterly *irrelevant* and *overrated* the French Resistance was. They were literally just a bunch of bandits, murderers and communists. They were very unpopular and even were *despised*. They've been ret-con'ed by "historians" peddling the *false* Anglo-Saxon narrative.
Hi, I'm a Japanese who have lived in several different countries. I've never felt good about Macron even when observing him from outside France. To me, he has been pretending to understand marginalized groups of people but actually not. After I watched your video, I've never been more sure of what I've felt about him. I really hope the election goes well for France, EU and the rest of the world. Thank you!
@@darklazerx7913 they are so conservative to immigration. Even the population won't consider a person that's part Japanese, Japanese. Even if they live their whole life there.
@@darklazerx7913 Glad you brought it! Japan has been way more conservative than France. It's more like Japan can never value inclusion of different cultures and diversity of values, which is so shameful and also a reason why I hate Japan.
This video got me thinking. My French friends rarely get into politics or their (I assume) love-hate relationship towards their country. I feel as if our generation is numbed to talk certain issues such as this one. Thank you for sharing your perspective. Love from barcelona
Thank you for showing that, not all french people, are on the alt right side. I'm a bit afraid that all of this campaign will make other countries think that we're all terrible human beings...
Sometimes I wonder if our generation ever feels patriotic. I left Venezuela when I was 18 to the United States. The U.S. always seemed like this country that had it all together, well in comparison to us they did, but when I moved here I started to see the cracks and grew angry. It made me wonder if it was a good choice to leave. Now, I'm studying French and it's easy to idealize France, its culture, and think I'm better off in Europe than in America. And then I see your video and I notice a pattern where we're all very frustrated with our countries. It feels like the more you're into politics and human rights (essentially), no place is ever good enough. You can't escape this feeling of frustration and impotence. Will we ever know peace? If there's someone in the comments section who doesn't feel frustrated where they live, please let me know.
Hello! Fellow Latin American here! I left Guatemala when I was 18 years old and now I’m living in Spain. I would say that In general I’m pretty happy here, but it’s true that every country will disappoint you to some extent if you expect perfection(specially in the moral area) because truth is that every country has its flaws and dark sides. I do believe that Europe is the best place to live, but is far from perfect and getting used to how things work is specially difficult when you have been brought up to think the first world has no disadvantages.
This was a great video. I was only semi aware of the political situation in France, and I want to know how politics work around the world, but unfortunately the media is very America/UK centered and it's not always easy to keep as informed as I would like. When you reassured us at the end that the French left isn't dead, I genuinely choked up a little bit, not sure why. I see so much pessimism and depressing political situations wherever I look, maybe the idea that old revolutionary France still has some hope sparked some form of consolation within my heart? Anyway, keep strong, hold your head up, comrade. Much love, Kimmie
I loved this video. In Brazil we had a similar problem: the liberal press kind of "naturalized" a bunch of the far-right discourse, and now that the country is freaking dismantled because of Bolsonaro, people pretend they didn't have anything to do with it. But you still have much more luck than us: you had two opportunities to put Le Pen in power and you didn't; we did it in the first and worst possible moment. Really happy for you french people with Macron winning the election, although I don't like him too. Don't follow our steps into the abyss (and sorry for my english).
When i look to brazil politics , corruption is nearly always here. it's like every time brazilian try to put someone in power , it come with corruption and court case . (i watch it since lula da silva ) For me , and maybe i'm wrong but Bolsonaro + covid make a dangerous coktail . i also read rumor of him wanted to make a coup , i don't know if it was true .
@@Eldiran1 you see it a lot because it was the main theme the opposition to the workers party used to knock them out of power. But you're absolutely right about Bolsonaro: he killed of covid hundreds of thousands of brazilians because he is a fucking extremist who thinks that our military dictatorship didn't kill enough people 30 years ago. Ever since he is a public figure he makes declarations about the need of destroying institutions and torturing oppositors. He won the election just so he can destroy democracy from inside, he says it a lot and quite clearly.
@@RenanAzs Seem fucking horrible but he was not elected from nothing. Maybe the violence from the favela as something to do with it ? Like people have enough about what happen in Brazil and they just go extreme because nothing else work so with not trying Bolsonaro ? (some french vote Lepen for that specifics reason ) I don't want to analyze brazil with my standard of living as a french (i surrely have a lot of cliché about brazil ) , but that seem hard to have Bolsonaro in power. I hope this year he will be out : ) , i wish you good luck!
I notice in your videos a clear similarity between the thought structure of French academia and Brazilian academia (not to mention between the Brazilian left and the French left). The way you talk and the references you make, they all remind me of my high school and college teachers and of sociological, political and economical Brazilian literature. I believe it's because Brazil's and Latin America's main university (USP - University of São Paulo) had enormous French influence in its beginning. A lot of the initial teachers and researchers were French intellectuals, such as Lévi-Strauss, Paul Arbousse-Bastide and Pierre Monbeig. I might be biased, as I lived in São Paulo almost all my life and almost all my teachers and family went to USP, but the similarities are clear. It's crazy how a small country like France has such a worldwide influence. Great video!
In Germany, the President isn't elected by the entire population, and neither is the Chancellor (who has theoretically the lower status but factually much more influence). As a kid I thought that sucked because I thought we should all be able to vote for a person... but the more I see from elections in the US or France, where a President is elected more or less directly, the more I like our system. It doesn't allow for as much of a personality cult. (Although Merkel managed to instate one for her anyway, but I feel it still wasn't as extreme as in, say, the US).
Merkels personality cult is a bit of a tricky box in my opinion. After 16 years, it's hard not to be engrained into everyone's minds. But i feel like the way she was perceived by the public always had a bit of irony in it, like calling her "mutti" or below every post was someone saying "danke Merkel", no matter the contents of the post. She was never perceived as the strong stateswoman, the one to solve all our problems. And her party promoting her instead of an actual political platform... Well that's because they don't have much to offer
@@MyHolyUnicorn Haha definitely agree on the last bit :D And most of the rest as well. One thing that really annoyed me during her (I think) last campaign was when her slogan was basically: "You know me." She didn't even bother coming up with a political message, instead she just went for "I'm the right person for the job because I'm me"-approach and it really annoyed me :D All in all, I'm just extremely glad she's gone.
Small correction: in America you do vote for a candidate, but the candidate with the most votes may not be the winner. Each state has a certain amount of voting power, which it allocates based on the votes of people living there. Often this is winner take all, so if you live in a state that is heavily left/right leaning, you may as well not vote. It sucks and I actually wish we could just vote for the president directly. Trump didn't even win the popular vote.
The US is not a direct democracy. It's a weird system, but the nation wide popular vote does not elect people and it's mainly used as a nationwide approval poll.
As a Brazilian, I can understand the anxiety about a possible liberal re-election (from the extreme right in our case), despite the strength of the other center-left candidate, self-criticism is put aside to defeat a "greater evil" (Bolsonaro is a shit but that's not the discussion), as well as "sensitive" issues such as racism and lgbt rights, having to ally with a notoriously right-wing vice with a deplorable track record. But as a great thinker would say, "In a country like Brazil, keeping hope alive is in itself a revolutionary act."
Não sei se você tá se referindo a ele, mas o Ciro não tem força política e apoio pra ganhar as eleições. Temos que aceitar isso, aceitar a péssima escolha do Alckmin como vice e concentrar nossos esforços em fazer o Lula ganhar, de preferência no primeiro turno. O Bolsonaro no segundo turno é um risco ainda maior pra democracia brasileira.
@@felipewa Com certeza, estava focando mais na real força da esquerda (ela cita no vídeo que vem diminuindo na França e sinto o mesmo no Brasil) visto que o centrão controla a maioria do congresso entre outros fatores. Ainda assim acho q o Lula é a melhor opção agora, só critiquei a vista grossa para o negligenciamento de certas pautas e a dificuldade de lidar com elas
For what it’s worth, as an American, I’ve always been impressed by the level of political discourse in France. Even if it does often default to center-right to right-wing politics, it’s a more honest and diverse discussion than what we generally see in the Anglophonie, especially in the US. Frankly, I think there’s an allure to the leftist political discourse in the US, but it’s flourishing under a rock, which lends itself to an extremism that creates wild pendulum swings close to right-wing authoritarianism, without providing adequate political checks in the form of Congressional power. Leftist intellectual topics hardly ever find themselves in political power and it just becomes a fun way to piss off your uncles at Thanksgiving. The French tendency to resort to its grip on liberté, égalité, et fraternité help to mainstream certain ideas into the political discourse-as seen by how Mélenchon, far more leftist than even Bernie, is able to nearly top the election charts with parliamentary influence while Bernie & friends have really only ever sponsored some legislation. That said, please feel free to tell me I’m wrong lol
From my experience, many Americans tend not to talk openly and with a mature attitude about politics because of the taboo represented by wars and military expenses.
Gian Marco Russo I agree, but I’ll go so far as to say it’s kind of more than just that. For example, I was reading the French edition of Le Monde not too long ago and they threw in the phrase “national shame” about France’s African colonial history like it was nothing. I’ve seen “national shame” used in the US, but never so matter-of-factly and honestly, never in an American publication of such a broad appeal/reach as Le Monde. I feel like it would need a disclaimer in the US if it was about something like slavery, which is met with, like clockwork, the classic “well, that was a long time ago, that’s not *my* responsibility …”. The inability to accept collective responsibility runs deep in American cultural discourse, whether about slavery or segregation or even modern wars-making it all taboo. Sure, the political discourse in France isn’t immune to that (tell me again where the Louvre get those African statues??) but the starting point just seems a little further down the line in most cases about what the initial conditions for discussion even are.
When I think of politics like that I think of the far left as authoritarian and far right as anarchy. Because the idea of the left being free thinking intellectuals and the right being authoritarian nationalists leads us to the Left vs Right mindset that we're dealing with now, rather then finding middle ground to have open discourse on. Then with there being extreme capitalism and communism mirroring each other. Since this all really reflects the basic political compass which at least serves as a starting point until it gets to more advanced in particular issues.
The "as the majority of young french people, i hate my country" claim is a bit of a bold statement. There are no good poles made about this and on a personal basis (which isn't representative, but again there are no good poles) i dont know a single young person who would say they "hate" France. They are highly critical of pieces of it's society, politics, ideals and history yes, but who isn't, it's quite different.
Hating France and hating its current political environment are two very different things. If the majority of young French truly hate France, then our country is already doomed to failure.
As a Greek, I'm somewhat relieved that not many things are actually different in Western Europe than in Eastern (since we tend to get blamed for anything and everything) but I'm also bummed out for the same reason. If everything is very similar everywhere then how can we progress? I appreciate so much your views in the video, I'm a Francophile in the general sense and I support the well being of the populous in every country.
Hello, I am (unfortunately) an inhabitant of your southeastern neighbouring country. The one with pizza pasta mafia Berlusconi Monica Bellucci and Carla Bruni. Ok let's get serious tho. In 1994, when I was 4 years old, Silvio Berlusconi took his first steps into politics. At the time, he was a very successful entrepreneur, owning 3 TV channels (when he started his media empire in 1980, Italy only had 3 TV channels, all of them State-owned, and colour TV was 3 years old). In retrospect, those 14 years were crucial to establishing his ascent, and it is even more crucial to remember that Italy was still reeling after a nationwide scandal that revealed political corruption at all levels of government: it was such a telluric shift that we often talk about First Republic (lasting from 1946, when we chose Republic over Monarchy via referendum, until 1994) and Second Republic (from 1994 onwards). Of course, Berlusconi was involved in it, and many saw his ascent to politics as his attempt to get away not only scot-free, but with even more power than before. He is involved in countless scandals and legal proceedings and he hasn't been condemned by any tribunal (at time of recording). But it wasn't until his election in 2001 that he really achieved his goals (not so coincidentally, the protests at the 27th G8 in Genoa, which resulted in more police brutality than you would ever want to read about, happened in the same year). His demonisation of the left and the move of left wing politicians to neoliberalism deprived Italy of any relevant left wing party: the UK has Jeremy Corbyn, the USA have Bernie Sanders, France has Jean-Luc Mélenchon, we have... a bunch of misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, racist, disgruntled, old, white, male tankies and a few well-intentioned but scattered and utterly insular parties and movements. His control over the media meant the sacking of left wing journalists from public television as well as racist and anti-communist propaganda being fed to us 24/7. His crass mannerism paved the way to fascist dingbats like Matteo Salvini and Giorgia Meloni. His liberalisation of the economy was continued by every other political force after him, workers' rights are a joke and we have no minimum wage. Voters have little to no trust in politicians, and we've had four technocratic governments (which are a way to implement unpopular neo-liberal austerity policies in a very undemocratic way) since 1994: the fourth, lead by banker Mario Draghi, is still ongoing. But even without him, Italy would still super suck. People of colour are not allowed any voice because getting Italian citizenship is a daunting task if you don't have Italian ancestry (ironically, people of Italian descent who don't speak the language and have never set foot in the country have Italian citizenship), and racial segregation is insane: as anecdotal evidence, my high school hosted around 2000 students every year and, to the best of my memory, the number of students of colour I met in there was four. Not four percent. Four. Two of them were adoptees and one moved schools when he failed his first year. Our fascist and colonial past is rarely, if ever, brought into question, and the system is structurally weak against the resurgence of fascism, as we've been seeing recently. The Holy See/Vatican City interferes a lot in our politics, and as a result any attempt to fight bigotry is quickly rendered useless: a law proposal aimed at punishing offences based on someone's gender or sexual orientation was rejected in Parliament in late October, while right wing politicians were literally celebrating. The South has been underdeveloped and left to its own devices since the inception of Italy as a unified country, and as a result criminality, corruption and environmental degradation are rampant. And I could go on a lot more but I think I won't, this is already too much for me. It may surprise you that we see the situation in France as favourable, but remember: many people of my generation or younger don't remember a time when things were... I wouldn't say good, but even remotely tolerable. Like Ian Danskin of Innuendo Studios once said, things stay terrible long enough, you almost miss when they were merely bad. This trainwreck of a peninsula is completely and utterly f-d and has no future, but you can still save yourselves before you become us. Or alternatively, we can join forces and overthrow our f-d up systems, and celebrate sharing wine and cheese later (contrary to popular belief, we have a lot more than just Gorgonzola, Mozzarella, Parmesan and Pecorino). Yours sincerely, a fellow disgruntled Romance-speaking lefty.
i kinda felt an aura of Anglo-Saxon idealition and even tho I agree with everything you said I would just like to express how france is doing a lot of things concerning labour rights much better than the USA (higher unionisation, though its only around 10% but with an easy process of strike orginising), healthcare, public education etc. there is a whole lot to improve but I guess we shouldn't take for granted what we already have or compare ourselves with usa or uk that are the birthplace of neoliberalism, but just fight for the better. me, as Polish, I have so much to complain about politically and socially speaking, but I still can see that at least our universities are free and if I am sick i won't have to pay for the ambulance to take me to the hospital; it should be a basic thing, but it sadly isn't: we live in a wealthy bubble compared to most of the world so we should focus on the fight rather than fetishize America where the left is completely impotent since the 80s
She's talking about the current governement and not France as a whole, I think. Macron's not doing that much for labour rights, healthcare or education. All of that came before him, and he might break all of it with his neoliberal policies.
@@fredjack416 The bills are gonna strangle you if you're unlucky...I'm content with a social healthcare system myself. No worries about suddenly getting an absurd amount of debt for something like a broken arm. It's documented that private health insurance alone often doesn't cover everything.
I'm really glad you made this video. I've spent long periods of time in France a few times since he was President. Funny thing is that I liked him as President of your country as a foreigner because he has that particular strength of keeping the status quo and saying what needs to be said (this is what I realized as I listened to you) but when I was in the country and listening to the arguments about him, I realized how he isn't good for the French people. He does sound like he is out of touch with what the people are actually dealing with. He was born into wealth and I don't think he has ANY clue how the people that are not him feel or what they need to not feel disenfranchised or disregarded. I can see your frustration with him and I hope the next election will encourage someone who reflects the common man to run for President and win! I think they will be a breath of fresh air for the country.
Thank you for another very interesting video! I am French myself, living in the UK for my studies, and share your anger and sometimes, tbh, straight-up despair. If you wanna make any more comment videos on similar topics je suis très preneuse! xx
I’m thinking that even minorities who successfully fit the mold are more so detached than positively assimilated - you can’t get more apolitical than Gad Elmaleh. I also think it’s fascinating how French politicians can get away with not addressing recent controversies and current issues, all while gesticulating with the utmost passion, almost like they are overcompensating. The voters are left either confused / apolitical, or engrossed in identity politics, as a result.
The only problem I have with Mélonchon is that he faceplants on foreign policy. Mind you, if France used IRV, it'd be interesting to see where he'd pick up transfers and possibly challenge the far right more effectively.
It's relieving (and a bit despairing) to hear that the left is failing to help us younger people on an international scale - that its not just my nation (the US) failing to deliver. Makes me feel less insane and less doomed.
America is only more willing to admit its flaws likely due to its Calvinism. Most of europe has more in common than different, and especially with France. The welfare state is more of a compromise than anything else. America’s compromises are different.
@@aspen1606 It's not like people don't admit their failures, it's that leftist forces still exist and had an effect in the politics of western Europe, unlike in the US. The democrats, no matter what they tell themselves, aren't "Left" politicians, not outside of social politics discussions at least. When I despise the current condition of my country (Italy), I look back at the influence of things like the PSI in many things. These forces have been there, we have seen them at play. In the US these things never had a chance.
@@Hyperversum3 That hasn't been true since 2008. The democrats went very far left since then ideologically and so have colleges. If anything, it came back just in a completely awful unlikable form. Actually if you look at the polarization scale of the US, it's almost been completely the left that is radicalizing but it isn't the good kind. It's based on identity politics rather than european leftism. It's genuinely as otherizing as shit old southerners said. And i'm not saying this as someone who dislikes the left. In europe it's a very good force. In america, the modern left wants nothing more than to destroy social fabric and add isms rather than actually improving lives. There's a reason trump won in 2016, the working class got sick of democrats calling them evil. And don't get cocky about your left, it is in the exact same spot as it was in the us in the 80s.
@@Hyperversum3 Democrats and even Republicans are "far left" in a few aspects compared to Western Europe. Immigration and ideas of racial equality are far ahead in the US and Canada compared to Europe which can seem outright Fascist. How many times Europeans unironically talk about cutting back immigration because of "criminals from x" is absurd and terrifying. And recently the talks about outright banning Russian visas proves my point. From a North American POV, Europe can seem far-right than anything they've seen since the 20th century. However yes, Europe in general is Left to the US in terms of social services and general government intervention. Hard agree there.
You can't imagine how much I feel for you. I am Hungarian... After the recent elections I was devastated. Never thought that I lived in a bubble, it seems like I have a completely different experience of reality than the majority of my country. But my bubble of like minded thinkers made me believe we are progressing. But nope.
That election result was really crushing, Fidesz will not be in power forever as all things come to an end, it just may take much longer and another grand opposition (Jobbik really does make things harder though).
@@ricardobarahona3939 Thank you for the encouraging words! I agree, they won't be here forever, and it's a great challenge for the opposition to improve and find its way to more people. They have to pull it together, Jobbik needs a chill pill for sure;)
May I remind you that the opposition was partly an alliance between former nazis and communists. Just by seeing this if I were an Hungarian I'd be glad of the results especially since Orban really protects his country. He has defaults like his authoritarianism but he still gets the bigger picture. The reason why leftist hate Orban is bc he made Hungary a thriving free market economy, an Israel ally, an sovereign country. How can you pretend having a country when you don't protect your borders ?
as a North African Muslim who loves literature and other arts, it is really sad that a country as beautiful, with a great cultural, historical and literary weight as France to be this way. knowing the status of my minority there.
@@darklazerx7913 The reason she feels sad for France is because she loves it, as simple as that. She never mentioned that she doesn't feel sorry for her country.
As an Indian viewer there were alot of these points that I really related to especially the one about political attacks on Universities ( especially the ones with a large muslim alumini) , what sucks is that i have been seeing the sharp rise of alt right views in my friend and social circles.
Absolutely, just the current political climate in India, the alarming anti-Muslim rhetoric, whispers of an eye for an eye, calling secularism a farce. All this in my immediate circle of colleagues and family. Simply terrifying.
I'm a native french speaker, but I'm not french, nor I am european. Everything I see out of french politics is an enigma to me. I understand all the words, but I don't get the point. This really helped. Thank you.
je pense que je suis pas la seule mais depuis que je suis petite j'ai vraiment l'impression que ce pays tourne en rond. c'est des fois dur de se dire que son vote peut faire changer les choses mais c'est toujours mieux d'essayer de faire entendre sa voix que de se taire. super vidéo btw, j'adore ton travail !
Hey salut ! Superbe vidéo, très bien écolo et résumé, après je ne suis pas totalement d’accord avec ta vision des choses, la France reste un des pays où les citoyens sont les mieux traités, étant étudiant avec peu de moyens et descendant des immigrants du milieu du XXe siècle, je suis très reconnaissant envers l’état qui (malgré tous ces défauts de gouvernance) reste relativement humains comparés à nos voisins Européens ou d’Outre-Atlantique, de plus les universités et les grandes écoles sont remplies dans la majorité de personnes pleines d’humanités mais surtout capables de bien se renseigner et de s’instruire. Très personnellement je suis assez positif sur l’avenir du pays, et en ce qui concerne le fonctionnement de la cinquième république je trouve que la séparation des pouvoirs est relativement équilibrée, du moins je le préfère au système parlementaire type anglo-saxon ou encore Japonais (qui est à mon humble avis un des pires systèmes démocratiques qui puissent exister) - dans lequel le dirigeant du pays change constamment suite à des jeux de pouvoir et des guerres intestinales internes au parti tous les 6 mois. Le président en France a le pouvoir de faire changer les choses sans pour autant tomber dans la dictature, l’Assemblée Nationale et le Sénat fonctionnent relativement assez bien comme contre-balance, de plus la justice bien que défaillante sur certains point, est complètement indépendante du pouvoir en place et non politisée et tend vers un système de réhabilitation contrairement à certains pays comme les USA. Et pour revenir sur le sujet de l'élection, bien que je me retrouve plus dans ce que dit Mélenchon, je ne me sent pas vraiment représenté, par exemple je n'aime pas du tout sa politique internationale, il propose des idées qui tendent vers un isolationnisme notamment au sein de l'Union Européenne et étant profondément pro-Européen ça m'a toujours dérangé. Bref je trouve ça bien d’être critique envers son pays, son camp, voire soi-même et c’est un exercice très important au bon fonctionnement de la démocratie, de plus y'a pas plus français que de contester le pouvoir en place et peu importe le bord politique de ce dernier, c'est ça selon moi qui fais une des forces de la démocratie française et c’est la raison qui me permet d’être optimiste pour l’avenir du pays, on parle de désespoir mais je ne suis pas si d’accord, autour de moi je voit des gens engagés à faire en sorte de vivre dans une meilleure société, plus ouverte et accueillante, du moins déjà a leur échelle et la volonté semble s’étendre de plus en plus. Bref bref merci pour la vidéo !
She is very biased towards left wing ideas. The political spectrum is so left wing in France that Macron appears as a hard line austrian school capitalist when he is a northern european social democrat.
no shit lmao. it's almost like she's an individual with her own opinions and political leanings. To anyone who may read this - the historical and current information is completely accurate. Obviously, when she says "the left being elected was the peak" that's her opinion as a leftist. Again - no shit. Regardless, she should say it.
As a foreign student in France since 2017, I can say one of the things I love the most about this country is their ideals, more specifically their leftist ideals: universal and decent housing, health, and income, the strenght of the ecologist movement, la richesse de la vie associative (how rich and dynamic civil associations are). From Latin America to the United states, I've never encountered such a critic and idealist group of people as the French. I confess I arrived to France about 4 years ago as a center-right kind of person and after lots of conversations with friends, attending demonstrations, forums and talking with random people, I have become leftist myself and I'm even applying those ideals to my homecountry. I guess I'd like to thank the french (and french education) for sharing with me their ability to critizise, to question things, and to ask for changes fearcely. I would have loved to see a France under the presidence of Melenchon, but it's ok, at least I think we won't get a France with Le Pen présidente hehe
Your experience in france was biased by the fact that you were only in high educated and bourgeois circles, their social ideas do not match the reality of lower classes at all, come back living a year in the french hood and then build your opinion with both experiences. Melenchon is not a good choice at all, not better than zemmour, and sadly than any other one we had during the elections. The only thing I agree with in this video is that our political system is not working anymore, the politics do not work for ideas, nor for the people, only for themselves.
As a hungarian, I have no idea where our government is going but for sure it won't want to leave Putin's side. I wish it was more pro-EU so I really hope Macron will win because le Pen supports Orban's illiberal acts.
As an Italian, I feel you way too much. The thing that bothers me to no end is how through the 90s to the early 2010s the left just... Died. It's like people stopped trying to be elected for real. Yeah sure, we do have some parties and people in "centrist" parties with left-leaning opinions and actions, but they are few, and are silenced by the mass of centrism at best and right-wing selling themselves as centrist. There also throwback parties to the Partito Comunista (Comunist Party) but... Eh, I wouldn't touch them not even without someone's else hands. They are basically only auth-left groups filled with tankies, very few young people are in It for actual leftist politics rather than trying to bootlick the soviet flag. I am a mid 90s kid, so I have no idea what people exactly felt in that age and the start of the new Millennium... But they sure fucked up
Are the Brothers of Italy going to be big in the next election? Italian politics seems pretty depressing and that’s coming from an American. Is there any hope to fix the economy in the South.
Bc contrary to what idealistic left-wings don't want to understand, left-wings government would be handcuffed anyway and in most cases completely unable to apply their social program... And people aren't that stupid, unconsciously they know it. It's like with Hollande people act like he suddenly became right-wing when he got to power but I feel like he just realized anything he wanted to do wouldn't work on the globalized economic scale that France plays in, especially with the EU on his back. Before we get to a point where we have a REAL efficient way to fight against tax evasion, a political party that puts all his eggs on corporations and rich people taxations isn't going to make it
@@ricardobarahona3939 the "South problem" is an historical and social one above any other reason, really, there is little a single governement can do. It would take decades of costant plans and a system of reliable local authorities to apply such planning for real, rather than having money magically vanish as soon as it is assigned to some project. Too much to discuss in the current political climate, really. Regarding the FdI (Fratelli di Italia, Brothers of Italy)... Eh, I can't actually say that I am worried. The thing is, our election system it's about the Parliament. Even if FdI gets a lot of votes, there is just not much chance for a scenario of 33+%, let alone a 50%. They would still depend on another party to exist. Sure, the perspective of FdI and Lega to reach 50% on their own It's quite worrying, but it's a bit unrealistic as well. They have essentially the same people voting for them, it's unlikely that these two parties (with the Lega in a serious downward spiral, thank God for Salvini being such a bad politician) get enough votes from the "moderate right" (like FI, Forza Italia, aka Berlusconi's party) or whatever the hell is the Movimento 5 Stelle. The M5S is definitely where many may move towards the rightwing parties, but... Eh, hard to say how many. Also, at least to me, it feels a lot like the anti-EU sentiment disapperead after the Covid19 pandemic and that people ain't speaking much of migrants. Even if FDI gets to elect dear Meloni into Premier position, they won't rule alone.
Wow, I can't imagine being a young french person and feeling like you hate your country. Truth be told I don't know much about foreign politics, but this was a slap in the face - "man to man"? I'm appaulled he pointed someone out accused of rape. I'm from Denmark and here we have had several men step back from their political positions after it came to the light that they had made some inappropriate passes at women (one laid a hand on a woman's thigh at a party gathering 10 years ago and when she told, he stepped back). I think the rest of the world has very romantic feelings about France, especially Paris, like it's all roses and wine, making love for entire days and walking through peaceful parks, that sort of thing. But in reality it is of course a very different matter. For some reason it seems impossible to shake our perception of your country as a wonderful, romantic oasis build on the foundation of fraternity (where's the women in this saying!), liberty, equality. I really hope equality does prevail over time.
@@talideon I'm sorry to hear that. Must be weird living in what is fresh flowers to the rest of the world but really they are rotten. I hope we never lose France completely, it is also the most beautiful language without competition.
@@larkfly9273 I'm not French, I'm Irish. We have similar but different issues, because we're still dealing with the legacy of colonialism in some sectors of government (health, education, and childcare in particular), and we've a host of mostly home-brewed issues (housing, for instance). That said, I can speak French well enough to consume francophone media, so I get exposed to this stuff, and France is close. I think it's in some ways a *good* thing to "hate" (really, just be intensely disappointed in) your country a bit: it's a motivation to make things better. Every country is awful in its own way, and our job as citizens and members of society is to try to make things better.
@@talideon Oh, I see. I never knew much about Ireland, I feel like we don't get exposed to a lot of media or anything from there. I'm sorry to hear it's like that. But yes I guess you're right, it's a motivation to make things better. I guess I really just want everybody to live in peace and be content, but of course that is Utopia.
I don't know how old you are, so I'm sorry to go off on you if you're young. But you're super off on Danish politics. 1) Very few people have stepped back after accusations and all of them stepped back voluntarily. (The ones I remember atm are just Morten Østergaard and Kristian Hegaard - though Morten said he would be returning, he's just taking a paid break as Nasar Khader also did when the media was critizising him for bad bully behaviour and assaulting women). 2) Not a single thing happened to Jeppe Kofod after sleeping with a 15-year old from his own youth party. Nothing happened to Naser Khader (except him taking a paid break from politics because he was stressed out) after being accused by several women (one of them accused him of masturbating on her and c*mming on her in her apartment where they were supposed to do an interview). 3) The 'just a hand on the thigh' is the most ridiculous narrative that the media is pedalling. It was not about Morten Østergaard's action. It was about how he handled the case. The cases are not open to the public, but at least three women have made internal complaints about Morten Østergaard's sexism. We don't know what these cases are about or whether Lotte Rod is one of these women or not. But it's clearly more than 'just a hand on the thigh'. It sounds like you just read the headlines and you take that as the news. Please do your research before claiming that Denmark takes sexism seriously. They don't.
For me, as a ukrainian looking on European politics from abroad, one thing that always stops me from rooting for majority of the leftist parties, is their international views, especially on Russia. Again and again I see great social ideas and policies becoming irrelevant, because of anti western views clouds everyones judgments. SPD and Die Linke in Germany, Melenchon in France etc. Not to mention Russian financial support and shady histories of pro russian alignment. When people start talking, that NATO provoked Russia, then here I draw the line. It's like saying Poland provoked Germany and we must respect Germanys security concerns in ww2.
Saying that NATO provoked Russia is not saying that Russia is justified. It is a plea to stay out of the conflict between these two power blocks and to not let oneself get instrumentalized as a useful tool for american hegemony. Yes, there are Russia Stans within the european left but it’s far from being the official party line.
@@johnsinclair4621 so can the U.S invade Latin American countries with no aid from foreign powers because it will help their own interest. Tbh this argument just sound like large powers can dictate and bully small and weaker nations within their own region without help from greater nations or the surrounding nations that feel also threatened.
Yes, as a ukrainian too its scary to see how leftist parties align with dictators, and how they justify nato countries not helping ukraine, imagine if they didnt help what kind of country would ukraine be.
@@hopeintruth5119 Have you even bothered to actually read my post or is this just a standard gotcha that you post everywhere? It does not make any sense in relation to my comment. If the u.s. would invade Chile („if“… ha ha), then I would advocate for Germany staying out of the conflict as well. I would definitely not want that we send troops to Argentina to fight american soldiers. That would be insane.
as a french/english bilingual, every time you say a french word, it turns off the part of my brain that understands english and turns on the part that understands french, so i'm having a hard time following
as a Filipino, we just finished our election, the "dream candidate" as the international media dubbed her Ms. Leni Robredo lost over the late dictator's son real wtf moment
I don’t like Macron or his government but Le Pen would turn things into 1930s Germany. I’d rather fight the establishment against a capitalist sociopath than destroy the establishment by turning the country into a far right nightmare of blatant xenophobia. In an ideal world you could vote for a candidate you actually support but apathy always will hurt the poorest and most disenfranchised people. Having more leaders like Trump, Putin, and Bolsonaro will result in more needless hate and human suffering in the world.
Also a far right candidate winning the presidency gives them legitimacy and media power, even if a large amount of the population hates them. Here in the US Trump’s win only helped push politics more right wing while there hasn’t been any from of progressive politics since the 70s.
People like Trump, Putin and Bolsonaro actually gave the people what they wanted and what they needed most: jobs. They allowed an economic growth in their country. You Leftists have nothing to offer for your own people other than sanctimonious, weak, counter-productive, useless and patronizing moralisation. So what if there is hate and human suffering in the world? The world has always been such a place and will always be so, deal with it. Stop being so pretentious as to believe that you can save the whole world. You can't. All you offer is weakness and cowardice.
@@ricardobarahona3939 What progressive politics? Antifa and BLM violence pushing for a toxic and destructive political agenda? No thanks. At least, Trump was trying to keep the country together.
"french man shouting" pépite! On a more serious note, I'm a third culture kid (french parents but brought up in Sweden from 7-17) and boy do I feel conflicted about my French side. I went to Stockholm's international french school among rich kids from around the globe, we were super privileged but there's this thing in Sweden called "the rule of equality". No citizen is better than another, regardless of your wealth, what you've done, your social status remains the same. You're a human bro, calm down. Swedes are the pros at collegial decisions, even for the smallest thing. They really care about every voice being heard and represented. I know this point is controversial, but even the church of sweden has elections and follows a more "right-wing" or "left wing" vibe depending on the result of the votes. Sweden is traditionally a very leftish country known for equal parental leave and a very feminist approach to politics and social issues. Although the system has its flaws, I don't feel like the Swedes feel like their country has failed them. As a 24 year-old who moved back to France for my studies, medical studies, I got hit in the face by the general disenchantment the french feel towards their government (and rightfully so). What does it say of our country when those supposed to represent some sort of an ideology, which is the Republic, run for president while carrying allegations of sexual assaults, discrimination, fraud etc... When former presidents are being charged. When people can only be heard through demonstrations that end up in abuse and violence? When women's/feminist issues are used as a way to attract votes but feminicide plagues our country? When people have so little secured social rights/help that they feel threatened by the sole presence of foreigners? A country that was built by immigration waves, that colonised and took from but now won't welcome those they are historically linked to, those in need, those who come here leaving everything behind and are met with even less. I honestly feel ashamed of that. Sure we were a great nation, but France keeps proudly calling itself the country of human rights and forgot that this title should be earned every day.
Your Swedish "rule of equality" sounds a lot like our "Fair go for all" from Australia (i.e. that everyone, no matter their upbringing, should have the opportunity to live comfortably & achieve their goals). We also say "don't be a tall poppy", which is "don't boast about your wealth/privilege, you'll be ripped to shreds for it.". It's still fairly unequal down under, but it def could be worse (U.S.A. * shudders *). At least we're (generally) moving toward positive change (e.g. gay rights, MeToo, but racism toward Aboriginal people still has a way to go...).
I totally agree with you! as a French feminist, seeing that a minister is accused of rape and that our many demands are not listened to is very upsetting to me. I feel like this patriarchal society is never going to evolve sometimes I wonder what good it is to have ideals, to try to convince and raise awareness so that in the end we can decriminalize our actions and gestures because we are women and it is purely annoying and frustrating....
As someone from. a developing country plagued by political corruption, poverty, social inequality, lack of democracy, etc. I'm here to suggest a change of perspective. Saying you hate your country implies you hate your culture, your language, the people that are France, which is not what I think you mean. I often like to say I hate my country too, it's very easy to hate after all. But then I remember what a beautiful country I have, what beautiful people live here. What a beautiful culture I have inherited from my mother, and grandmother, and from the people surrounding me. And I realize, I hate the government. Not my country. I have the most beautiful country in the world, and because I hate to see these people (the government) denigrate my country with their corruption, is why I decided to study law and try to make a difference. I love your content, and videos like this are the perfect example of why youth has and NEEDS to be more involved in the political sphere and activism, even if we're not often given the space. Because it's people like you, like us, who see the problems and are passionate and willing to change them. Because we love our country, and we hate what is happening. Great video!!
It's scary how much the right (or another variety of them) are winning around the world. I Iive in Argentina and we have an election coming next year, and one of the candidates said the first thing he would do is close every non private university because for him "public education sucks" even if he never experienced it... and the other candidate is the biggest represation there is for a right government, and our current president was supposed to be center to the left but recently switched. It hurts so much to see how people want to destroy your country while being young because it means thats going to be our future, hope everything gets better for us!
@@kevinallister8373 no, is not... and regardless of how good or bad public education is, there's millions of people in my country who can't even afford something to eat and they want to make us pay for education??? nonsense
@Luca Deponti sí, él. No creo q las "labels", por decirlo de alguna manera, funcionen en Argentina, hay políticos q se hacen llamar de izquierda, o centro, y no lo son, ejemplo; presidente actual. Milei cada vez q habla dice cosas increíblemente absurdas, pero parece q va a ganar así q ya no se q pensar, este país es un lío
The closest equivalent to Gilets Jaunes in India are the CAA-NRC where it was a communal effort to disrupt the political establishment. And yes, our PM has said that Snack Vendors are Small Business that are successful and somehow that solves unemployment?
Does Congress have any chance in the next election? What actions does it need to take to regain its strength? Any better leader outside the Nehru-Ghandi family?
As an American I know nothing about French politics. I found this video very informative! You really helped educate me about the issues y’all are facing. Don’t give up and keep fighting!
Yup, fellow French here (even though I don't feel French one bit) and hating this country. I've always voted and did my duty as a citizen (even went beyond as I was a volunteer worker for years, in service to the community), but I feel like the whole system is so unfair and antidemocratic (approval voting would be better, being able to place more than one name at each elections, the propaganda is everywhere in the media and that's because it's all owned by a few oligarchs, etc.), and French people so reluctant to change. Being in more than one minority (disabled, autistic, trans, etc.) is pretty hard, especially since France is claiming to be the country of "Liberty, Equality an Fraternity", when in reality we are seeing none of this. And a lot of people who were supporting the left, socialism, better chances and opportunities for everyone, are now supporting the far-right, and use the most vulnerable minorities as scapegoats, blaming all their problems on us. It's so hard to live here and even though you might say there are no "perfect countries" and be right, I feel like on a few points some countries manage to make it more livable, and people elsewhere are more aware of the importance of avoiding marginalization and making things more inclusive.
If you think that France is an oppressor to minorities, then you must have never travelled elsewhere, because I assure you that it is one of the most open countries in the world.
5:39 , the patriotic within me was hurt by this^^' , and by the end of your video I was wondering if it wasn't more the 'media-political circle' that you hate in France, rather than the country itself. I moved in France since two years now, and I was amazed by the number of activists among the younger generations who claim for a change in the political direction the country is taking. Also, while spending time with more older people (farmers more specifically) I saw a real concern about troubles of the younger and a hard solidarity towards them. Overall, I think numerous people are exhausted by the political scene, and tend to see it as a theatrical representation, so: blaming the political scene, the voting system (which largely emphasize 'useful vote' by the way), the media scene - OK But condemning the whole country itself seems unfair, even if I can't conclude to general truths only based on my personal experiences, I can still see hope and greatness for the future🙂
People shouldn’t confuse politicians and party’s with their country. Your country is you, your family and friends, your local shops and neighbours, your childhood memories, your favourite places to go on sunny days, your favourite places to eat, the slang, distinct sense of humour and so much more. In addition, a true patriot believes that what is wrong with their country can and will be fixed by what is right with their country, to be a patriot is to believe in the good that lies in the hear of your countrymen and women, it is a stance of hope
Even though sometimes it feels like the only way to fix that is by running for president or prime minister or whatever and praying like fuck to get into power.
"i started working at 16 sir" i can't articulate my reaction to that answer, and that exchange, and how much it says about Macron, and how it's a perfect example of the delusion of high class people about their own merit, effort and worth
Thank you so much for this video as the French politics always intrigued me, even though I'm not living in French, I have friends and family members there and my country got effected by the politics there. Hope to see a part 2 of this video about the far right.
Bonjour Alice ! je suis française aussi et je me demandai si il y aurait une autre vidéo cette fois ci sur Marine Le Pen, bonne continuation, c'est très intéressant et divinement bien expliquer ! merci
I mean, it's still way better than the system we have in Hungary where there is no limitation for a person to get elected as prime minister. That's why many think that Orban's regime will only fall if he dies or if Hungary gets bankrupt. It's very frustrating to me becouse I'm actually studing hungarian language and literature at university and becouse I truly love my country and I want it to develope, but in my opinion it's just not happening at the moment. Like, whatever could benefit Hungary, the governement just does the opposite.
As a non Frenchman I would really appreciate a sort of essay on Melenchon. I really know little about him and most of English speaking sources I am aware of painted this last election as a run between Le Pen and Macron alone.
@@starman1144 that's how he is portrayed. She seems sympathetic to him and since I don't speak French hearing a pro Melenchon argument for once could be interesting
The biggest mistake of my life, was going back to live in France. Housing situation, employment, salaries... However, her analysis is typical of a student who just came out of university, she sounds like a boomer. Anyways, she's very articulated, and have an excellent english
@@nightslasher9384 No, do you know the definition of boomer ? 😂 Generation X if you want to fill me into a category. I assiocate her generation Y-Z and boomers with very similar interest, specially in politics, way of life, virtue signaling, political correctness, aseptisation of society...
I would give my left arm to be french, instead i was born in a hellhole in Central America. it might not be great but i can assure you, france is like another galaxy compared to my country.
Surely don't listen to what she says, she's the kind of person to have had it all, to have grown up in unimaginable comfort compared to 99% of the world's population. If the cliché of the French grouch is a reality, then she is the perfect example. Always complaining, loving migrants, multiculturalism but never at home. In short, a person who lives in his world of princess and who does not consider the homeless who are nevertheless with us
Looks similar to an American election with a choice between bad and worse. We can empathize with the French people. Regardless, I hope the best for France and the French people. 🇺🇸❤🇫🇷
What I love about your country over mine (usa). A person with a vision can just create a new party and run for government (good or bad). Here, no matter how rich or how much support you have from the people, you will ALWAYS be beholden to our duopoly system, because it is not the people that own the government, it is the parties.
You can even criticize your government? Here in Bangladesh, had I criticized even the dead father of the PM in a Public bus, the next day I would have a mysterious food delivery at my home. And nobody would see me again after that.
@@Lypno its not sane. If your country produced a terrorist, then it has no right to make that terrorist another country's problem. Do you think the terrorist will simply evaporate into thin air? No. The country will simply expel them and make the criminal a different country's problem. FRANCE IS NOT SPECIAL, if they produce trash then they need to deal with that trash. Stop being Iazy leech
This has been incredibly eye opening for me. I am only across the Channel in England but how you describe your anger and despair for your own country's politics is exactly the same way I feel about the UK government. For over a decade we have been stuck under a Tory government that has prioritised private business over the people's welfare. And in this anger and depression it is very easy to slip into 'the grass is always greener on the other side' mentality, because we are all in our own bubbles. So, though it's painful, in a strange way it is also reassuring to see another perspective from another country and realise that on a greater scale something is very broken.
When leftist stop bringing inmigrants as crazy is when countries are going to vote for them Again i really dont care about that but i see it how it is, european countries are voting for right wing candidates because of inmigrants thats all, im more center but im not blind
The French are luckier than us politically, as their climate (media) is no where nearly as toxic as ours. Virtually every newspaper in the UK supports the Tories, except the Guardian (which is itself become worse), iNews and the Independent. The Daily Mail, The Sun and The Express are virtually right-wing echo-chambers of racism and classism.
I hear all your criticisms on Macron and I'm not psyched about him, but I'd like to point out that Melenchon is awful - anti EU, pro Russia (justified Crimea annexation), anti migration (drives down wages bullshit) etc. So yeah, French Corbyn is accurate. I get that he promises French people some good things domestically, but please try to keep in mind how his election would affect other people too.
Anti-migration is a necessity. Letting hundreds of thousands of foreigners in every year (including the illegal ones) is only going to severely damage the country. Look at Sweden: it's become the second unsafest country in Europe since they welcomed massive amounts of refugees and migrants.
Macron reminds me of the narcissistic character of Trudeau the Second here in Canada. The war on the people- yellow vests in France, truckers in Canada.
As I mainly talked about Macron, and didn't have time to go in details on the rise of the far right in France (future video?) I want to emphasize here to French voters that as much as I dislike Macron, I clearly won't vote for Marine Le Pen and don't recommend anybody do so.
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I still don't understand how it's possible you push your own narrative against Macron before a very crucial and delicate ballot vote, with an ongoing war few km away from France. Considering also your criticism about manipulation, this video probably represents a genuine expression of it.
Thanks for writing this comment, I believe it is really important which is why I’d encourage you to pin it!
@@andreap2320 Come on Andrea, I did talk about the far right multiple times in this video... I'm not supporting Le Pen's ideas as it's very clearly explained in the video and in previous videos I've produced. There is absolutely nothing in this video encouraging people to vote for her.
as a fellow french,i would say that i feel hopeless
As an American, I feel for the French who are stuck between a bad choice and an even worse choice. It's not great.
Lol, as a Mexican I feel it too. Guess it happens everywhere
Canadian checking in! Same.
As a Russian, I’d prefer having a choice between a giant douche and a turd sandwich rather than no choice at all. I think this douche-turd dichotomy is an inherent part of democracy and the universal suffrage. Nobody has come up with a better solution yet, and you can see what the other alternative has done to Russia, Ukraine and Europe in general.
As another American, I don't feel sorry for the French at all. Save your sympathy for people who don't get a vote, like the North Koreans...
I mean you their choices in the who to vote for aren't great but at least they have Healthcare. We don't have shit.
Maybe it‘s not the point of the video, but it‘s such a strange notion that instead of paying craftspeople well, they should instead desire to get different „better“ jobs. A horticulturist probably is a horticulturist because he‘s more of a plant-person and likes the manual labor of the job and he might even be miserable in and not suited for customer service. It might be a bit romantic, but I sometimes think that a greater appreciation for crafts in the wider sense would solve a lot of problems.
Totally agree!
I don't mean to hijack the conversation. But Macron's politics seriously neglect industrialization and agriculture. He focuses on cost-cutting instead (pushing the retirement age back, cutting funding for social services and mass privitization). Economically speaking, this will create an economic recession and job losses will result. Speaking of horticulture, it would be so easy to legalize marijuana and create an entire industry around that. Or at the very least build some urban greenhouses in lieu of abandoned warehouses or factories. Whether you're on the left or the right, you should be concerned with the lack of ambition when it comes to agriculture and industrialization.
@@user-xg6zz8qs3q He isn't that good, but would you see the others... I mean it's not like this subject interests many people anyway. We're in full americanization of politics, so complexity is out of the window
@@Lucas-ni3xp This subject impacts ALL people. Most candidates have spoken about industrialization one way or another. But during the campaigns, this subject was avoided entirely. It's likely that liberal policies and the European Union work against industrialization in France.
Well said and I agree.
Funny what Macron said about restaurants and hotels. As a Canadian with 10 years in the food service industry, I can confidently say there is 100% a shortage of labour. The problem is the working conditions. I do not blame people for leaving industry/ not wanting to join it.
of course, no one really wants to work in restaurants and so on,conditions are tough, paychecks are bad and so on , no to mention that claiming that whoever wants to have a job can get one, is just a joke ... how would there be something like 6 millions of unemployed people in france otherwise? lots of people are actually accepting really awful jobs just in order to have a living and a life ... i do not know what these people are thinking but being a maid or sewage worker is definitely a dream job. If what they are considering was true - that is to say that people do not want to work - for sure they would find no one at all to get to have such careers indeed
Labour shortage is a very Canadian problem. Unemployment has been super high for 15 years in France.
@@redfruit1993z Montreal has huge population of young French people attracted by the availability of work and the quality of life. Smaller numbers can be found in Quebec City and Ottawa-Gatineau. While the pandemic disrupted the migration a bit, it has been a trend for some time and will almost certainly resume in the future.
@@paranoidrodent I was supposed to settle in Ontario. What disrupted those plans was that I'm disabled (and chronically ill, I have quite a few treatments, most of them 100% covered by social security but not all) and poor (like very poor). You need diplomas (and I only have a high school diploma) and quite a bit of money in reserve to be able to make that move. In the end, only the middle and upper class can afford migration. That's also why most people, even in poor countries or countries at war are stuck suffering in their country. Also, Canada is very picky. I heard that even if I had the money, it would be hard for me to qualify for residency as I am epileptic (also autistic and trans, I don't know if those might cause some issue too...).
@@littlestarshepherd I know our immigration department is picky as hell. As a fellow autistic trans person, I feel for you. Honestly, our public resources for those two issues are so-so. You really want supplemental insurance to help with autism resources and for trans people, it varies by province but generally they cover top and bottom surgeries but everything else is out of pocket or private insurance (this can get really expensive for trans women).
It’s possible that your anticipated medical costs get factored into the points system as a negative. I am not sure. Most of our immigrants are indeed middle and upper class since most of our immigration is economically driven. Having limited resources and insufficient education to readily find work here will absolutely hurt your odds (for a reference point on education, over 50% of Canadians have university degrees - that is now "average" here). Refugees fleeing war-torn areas are supposed to be dealt with by a separate refugee claim system that is supposed to be focused on their level of danger/distress.
As a Russian, boy do I understand the dislike for your own government.
as a Brazillian, same.
as an Indian, same.
As a Turkish, same.
Same as japanese.
It doesn’t seem like anyone is happy with their government at this point.
As a young French person living in the UK, I've come to become proud of my country for everything but the elite. I'm proud of the french people, culture and way of life. That does not mean I like my State or take pride in the Government's actions. And to be fair, it could be said for every country. We need to distinguish nations from States.
As someone that is probably interested in both, what is more tragic, UK politics or French?
La nation c'est le Prince Napoléon.
@Napoleon I 💀 faut être fou pour supporter napoléon quand même
France has such beautiful arts and culture but gosh politics seem a mess.
@@NapoleonAquila Enfin, un homme de culture. Je commençais a désespérer. Vive l'empereur !
in all big democracies in the world right now we are having to choose between the horrible and the less horrible, hope democracy prevails these hard times.
Maybe the problem is democracy
@@kevinallister8373 im a anarchist myself but the only thing that can take the place of democracy right now is an autocracy like in china or a czarist oligarchy like in russia, and i prefer to have my bad choices than none at all.
@@doug9000 Exactly.
I truly believe in the ideals of Anarchy, but... They just can't exist in the current world, with the current population.
To be blinded by ideology is to give up on the real world and the people actually living in it
In what times where things better exactly?
It is not much of a democracy if you have to choose between two evils now is it?
5:09 Japan’s soft power agency (クールジャパン) actually works with France’s government for propaganda purposes. Shueisha (publisher of lots of popular manga) gave Macron a big One Piece print out signed by the author with him writing “pour m. le président et tous mes lecturers français”. It was very publicized especially within the One Piece community and I thought that it was pretty weird.
Golem puissance 1000 le Oda
we're actually the country that consumes the most japanese media after japan itself wtf
As an One Piece fan, I also thought it was weird but when I first saw it I was flattered because something I like is getting this much attention.
One will always "hate" their country because of the connection and love they feel for their culture, their people, their home and they know there are so many thing that can and should be better, but it seems like it's never coming. It's like when a parent gets mad by the actions of their child - be it for getting a low grade at school or behaving badly. It's not that the parent hates their child, it's because they know they are capable of way better things, yet they didn't do it.
So yeah, I see the relationship between a person and their country like the relationship of a parent and their child. You clearly see the potential, but getting there is so hard.
" see the relationship between a person and their country like the relationship of a parent and their child." it is funny because I think the same thing but the other way around. France is like a parent to me : when I was younger I thought of it as flawless and I would believe its lies naively. But now that I'm grown I see its flaws and lies therefore I'm disappointed (as you said because I know it can do better).
Moreover because I'm mixed/black, I see France as a parent who don't want to recognize me as its own. An abusive parent who can't own up to the abuse and would rather point out my shortcomings without ever questionning its responsability in the said shortcomings.
Funny perspective that in this metaphor you would cast the individual as the parent role and the country as the child... Reality is that culture and heritage is much older than any particular individual human and we are just born with great inheritances.. which is why our education process takes 15-30 years Jesus Christ... but yes once one grows up enough they see the flaws and failures of their parent culture and so they rebel against it to try to incite change, the same way children unconsciously press their parent's buttons to try to trigger them into confronting their wounds and healing (but sometimes just trigger more cycle of abuse to the degree that the parent is resisting evolution and healing)
No that hate is a degrading self destructive hate
France is going to be enslaved again.
@@misskate8828 I’m so sorry you have to deal with that. Although I am white I’m from Bosnia and i am jewish. Most of my childhood was spent with teachers discriminating my mother and being bullied for my origin and religion. France truly has a way of making people feel like shit I hope you’re okay
Not me. My country has done nothing but hurt me.
As a french expat who lives in North America, it's staggering to notice how french culture has evolved to become an extension of what we see in the US. The hyper individualism, this cynical view of society and the world, the wariness of one an another, the cult of celebrities. It's no wonder politics are following this trend. French elitism and the shame/pride culture probably make the shift even more potent and sensitive to American influence, too
Because the elites wants an Americanization of France.
Why call yourself an expat your a immigrant
Why call yourself an expat your a immigrant
Alice's brand of leftism is very American too.
Because for us he is an expat. As a French living in France, the Americanisation of politics and ideologies is pretty obvious
Wow! I love the title and you’re fulfilling the French stereotype of looking casually fabulous with a glass of wine that’s part accessory, part weapon.
Yeah I immediately felt under dressed and under styled in myself to even see the video lol 😅
Oh no dont flatter it that much. Lmao
Which is why I find it ironic that Alice mentioned that she could be an agent of soft power for France. It's not COULD--she IS.
@@9NCT For France? Not a chance, but for her extreme left party LFI, sure, she's a perfect incarnation...😅
Et moi j'ai Charleville avec une bayonette
“What I didn’t know at the time was - that was the peak.” When I tell you I ScREaMED. I think part of the reason the Left flounders is because people have been so drowned in neoliberalism as a kind of economic pseudo-science. They either lost sight of the goal or are simply exhausted. In my heart I voted NPA.
Nah, it is because right-ist parties get so much more publicity. It is easy to get publicity and good one at that when you do everything for the rich. Remeber this is why having rich people own news outlets is a bad idea
@@Somajsibereyou just a complotist ! Marine le pen was widely criticized by big corporation and the wealthy class but she still got a big exposure in the media.
@@mikhael636 widely criticized is a bit of a strech.
Even in the more neutral descriptions of her she is presented as having a left wing economic policy, yet no one considers, given that she plans on both increasing welfare and decreasing taxes, that it is just a campaing promise to be broken. She has no intention on passing those laws, but someone poor and desperate enough might still vote for her, not knowing her campaign promises are bullshit. That for her is good publicity.
The left removed all the barrieres there were for neo-liberalism (people, nation, religion, family), so I always find it incredibly funny when they complain about it.
As a German, we barely made it to a center-leftist government last year in the national election, after 16 years of conservative-lead government under Merkel. I personally have only ever experienced Merkel as chancellor, i liked her as a person (her humour especially, it's really subtle but boy, she can stand up to the far right like nobody else) but with the war, in many ways we experience now how naked we stand in the face of renewable and independent energy sources, which are one of the biggest shortcomings of her government. I'm happy about the change, but our current chancellor has as much charisma and courage as stale bread. However I feel like there isn't as much of a personality cult here as it is in France, and i never realised that until now. The personality cult around the French President that is. Actually, shamefully, i have to admit that I'm much more familiar with American politics than with our neighbors, despite only living maybe 2h away from the French border. Macron is seen here as the only viable alternative, le pen would put the EU in a severe crisis, which I'm not sure it would survive.
As a fellow German, I couldnt agree more with your comment
@@AlloAnder same :)
Did it strike you too when Scholz decided to increase the defence budget to 2% of the GDP, rather than quickening the pace of the green transition (Russia funds the war by selling its gas)?
@@simonvanleeuwen7877 yeah it seemed to me he did use the fear and uncertainty of these times to push this policy forward, which would otherwise have been a very unpopular decision (i reckon). However i agree, it's pretty much a non-solution as it does nothing to increase independence of fossil fuels and therefore Russia. A significant increase in renewables would probably be cheaper and more sustainable in more than just one meaning of the word. But i suppose there's nothing much to expect from a man who conveniently doesn't remember his involvement in one of the country's biggest financial scandals of recent times.
That's a good thing if there is little personality cults.
Semi-retired prof here who was used to seeing students lose hope that the future won't be a climate catastrophe, class warfare and militarism. i don't have any advice, just sympathy.
I consider your wisdom useful.
@@Harken4949 Thank you! Take care of each other.
Class warfare is based, it just depends on who wins it.
We're losing though.
@@exaggeratedswaggerofablackteen In a free market, consumer is king. in a too big to fail market, the too big to fail capitalists are king. whomever makes the rules wins.
I know that since our societies are so globalized, there is a lot of political overlap between countries. But I do feel the "cult of personality" aspect of French politics is quite similar to America's (from my personal observation). The idea that we basically seem to get only "two options" (aka our countries both have a semi-presidential system)-- though I would argue here in America we have FAR less of a chance for parties other than the two to gain political power.
@Wex MCL Catalan here. The disillusion w the political system is widespread in many democracies except those recent in ex-communist countries. Having only two sides also happens often (although France has three, Progressives, Liberals and Conservatives)
I don’t think we have this cult of personality thing in Germany.
Ppl care more about the parties
USA is far more polarized. In Europe you have from time to time completely "out of the blue" presidents (like just elected Czech prez Petr Pavel) or new movements starting and in 5-10 years sweeping general elections. In USA 3rd party candidate can at most spoil election for the candidate more similar to her/him. Also except for France its usually parliament that is more powerful and if you need majority to pass laws its different dynamics. A strong leader can sometimes have 200 deputies in grasp, but most of the time they need to cooperate or the back benches can thwart the leadership by abstaining. With coalitions its even more balancing - like the 3 party coalition in Italy (which is very far right BTW) - any one leader or group of deputies could cause a crisis. In USA executive can write orders almost as powerful as laws, appoint top positions out of hand and run the country shifting a lot of its priorities even with deadlocked Congress not passing any laws.
To continue the discussion, after the results from the first round, melanchon's voters insisted that leftist should continue to believe and should vote during the "legislative" which is the election for the parliament. If there's a majority of leftist elected, than the prime minister would be from the left, and he is the one who choose the members of the government. This would be a BIG conterpower. Melanchon himself asked to consider this election as the third round and to make him the prime minister. The anticapitalist party already said that they want to join force with the Union Populaire (Melanchon's party) for this election. So yeah, maybe the future 5 years won't be as dreadful as it seems
Melanchon did not make it to the second round here. So hoping that a lot of his teammates would be elected during the legislative, which work the same way as the presidential elections with 2 rounds, and that they would get a majority seems very ambitious.
A left alliance for the presidential election would have been a better solution.
A bitter reality though is that, as she pointed out, being prime minister isn't THAT much of a counter position as the power concentrates quite a bit around the president. But worse is the fact that seems overly optimistic. How can the left acquire majority in the parliament in the first place if today they're so few and melénchon couldn't get 25%? Where's that vote coming from?
I hope the best for the french and world's left though, we all need to believe in this.
@@metametodo exactly and I don't like the speech from melenchon party that the 22% are all a full programmatic adhesion vote and not a vote utile. Just remember 5y ago I think melenchon had 16% at presidentiel and 7 % at législatives
I bet the gap will be at least the same this year bc PS / ERLV are big parties locally compared to LFI
@@moreaupascal56 True, the party dynamics are very different for the presidential election and the more "local" ones (municipales, legislatives etc). But also, the level of participation is much lower than the presidential. I think one of Melanchon's strategy (on top of the union) is to limit abstention on that "3rd round", hoping to keep (and enhance?) the enthusiasm and high score on the 1st round. Time will tell if it worked (I'm not so optimistic :( )
It’s a bit tiring how people who say people didn’t want this second round and Macron act as if all people didn’t want it. Yet, they typically voted for Mélenchon which was clearly rejected by people in the first round for the same popularism fear that Le Pen inspires and the same issues that Le Pen have (violence, racism, communism in their parties). The hard truth for all these people and this video creator who is clearly on the far left of things, maybe all people didn’t want Macron but they clearly didn’t want Mélenchon.
Je crois qu'on est nombreux à être scandalisés de ce qui se passe dans notre pays en ce moment. Ces élections et les années à venir risquent d'être très difficiles, voire violentes. En revanche, je ne suis pas d'accord avec toi sur le début de la vidéo: j'aime profondément mon pays, ses paysages, sa richesse culturelle, littéraire ...
C'est notamment pour cette raison (parmis tant d'autres) que je suis dégoûtée de voir des gens qui n'en ont rien à foutre de leur peuple à la tête du pouvoir...
En tous les cas c'est vraiment chouette que tu parles de la situation de notre pays en Anglais, ça ouvre des perspectives de discussions avec des gens qui voient ça d'un œil plus extérieur. Merci pour ton travail!
J'ai l'impression que la grande majorité des gens aiment la France, ils aiment surtout par dessus tout se plaindre
Pour avoir vécu à l'étranger, je suis chaque jour reconnaissante d'être française, de vivre ici. Non seulement car on vit mieux que la plupart des gens sur la planète meme en étant pauvre, mais aussi parce qu'on est beaucoup plus libres, ouverts, francs.
Je suis née en Angleterre et j'ai détesté, c'est moche et la mentalité ne me plaît pas.
En Corée du Sud par exemple j'ai bien senti la grande difference, j'ai eu l'impression d'être face à des PNJ. En France les gens sont bien plus sociables, ouverts au dialogue.
Alors certes il y a des défauts dans notre politique mais c'est la même chose partout, faut simplement agir pour l'améliorer. J'ai pas l'impression que le plus grand problème de la France soit les étrangers ou le racisme, c'est la pauvreté. C'est en partie pour ça que je pense qu'il faut voter stratégique, voter Le Pen et la bloquer aux législatives. Car on sait tous que Macron va faire passer des pions aux législatives...
@@victoriia je suis tout à fait d'accord sur tout ce que tu dis. Et oui, les plus gros problèmes de la France ne sont pas "les étrangers" ou "le racisme", nous sommes l'un des pays les plus ouverts au monde, et il n'y a pas plus de racisme systémique qu'ailleurs. En effet, je ne voterai pas pour ma conscience au prochain tour, j'estime que Macron a un dédain beaucoup trop profond pour son peuple et notament les gens qui souffrent et qui peinent à finir le mois (coucou gilets jaunes...). J'ai voté Mélenchon au premier tour car il incarnait un souffle nouveau que j'aurai adoré voir triompher pour notre pays. Malheureusement je m'étais fixé comme engagement de tout faire pour virer Macron, y compris voter pour le ou la candidat.e face à lui au second tour. Je ne supporterai pas de le voir 5 ans de plus à la tête de notre pays, à détruire ses ressources, son système social et ses institutions au profit d'un libéralisme suicidaire et à se moquer des gens ouvertement.
@@juliarteta Donc, vous dites que vous voterez Le Pen? C'est ca?
@@lb9364 je suis effectivement en train d'hésiter entre le vote blanc et le vote contre Macron
Je me demande vraiment comment on peut se dire de gauche puis voter Lepen
I‘m a foreign student here in France and I was so disappointed when seeing that Mélenchon didn‘t make it, so now I guess I have to hope for Macron cause the other option is somehow even worse
Voting for melanchon is wishing the death of the French civilization. As a conservative I respect all opinions but I will never understand those people who hate themselves, their country, their history. French leftists want to welcome all migrants but they can't even properly integrate the children of former waves of immigration. There is a real denial about their own insanity among lefties.
Melenchon is nearly as bad as Le Pen
Despite melenchon's decent domestic policy, he is extremely against Nato and the EU, and has said on multiple occasions that the invasion of crimea was justified and that it is Nato's fault russia invaded Ukraine. Out of the top 3 candidates, macron was the best for europe and the world.
Golem va. L'étranger qui vote pour le traître, il avait pas tord Zemmour sur le grand remplacement.
@@levliakhovetskyi8243 Explain that to Alice then, she apparently couldn't care less about Ukrainians, the pro Putin stance of he beloved Mélenchon or his hatred of the EU! Alice is a joke, please wake up guys! This isn't France, were much better than that!
My opinions often differ from yours, which is why I listen to you. Your opinions are so we'll thought out. As a newly retired senior citizen, I no longer have co-worker's differing opinions to ponder. And, I think it is really important to listen to people. I've always believed (well, at least since middle school) that at the end of the day, the vast majority of us have more in common with each other than not. So thank you for your thought-filled videos!
Some French girl: I hate my country, it's so conservative :(
Me, from Russia: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
*cries*
Yeea that's why I don't be complaining over my life, there's already lots of Russians, South Africans and Brazilians in need of God's favor
Strenght and Glory
true
@@Felix-bx7fx true
Tho unfortunately, the rate per proportion of suicides in France and Belgium combined are equal per exemple of those of Russia.
Hold on to life and stay tough whoever is reading this
I’m from France and I wish we would have a government similar to Russia. I hate her kind and I think that in a few years there will be a violent conflict in France. People are getting riled up, everyone hates the government and everyone hates each other. As I said, I hate her kind so if this conflict really happens we’ll know who to go after.
Interesting video! however, I would never say I hate France. I love and value free healthcare and education far too much! but I understand you meant the French political system
i had to go for that clickbait title.... 👀
As a fellow Frenchie who studied abroad and came back due to the pandemic; your disillusionate take on France couldn't be more true 😣
This was fascinating!! I dont know enough about the politics of other countries and while ive heard about yellow vest protests and macron i hadnt heard such a succinct explanation of the politics. Please make more like this about how France is. For example you talked about analysing propaganda in school! Thats interesting I never did that at school in Northern Ireland. Is it true you also learn philosophy in french schools?
Great video as always, one of the best youtubers
We learn philosophy during our last year of highschool (general highschool) :)
@@AliceCappelle And I remember analysing propaganda as well, that was an important part of History classes in middle school! Mostly so we don't fall for it in their new forms, though I'm not sure it worked for everyone, when I hear so many conspiracy theorists...
Maybe you talked about it before, but would be interesting if you talked about the bubble effect around political elections... In our young people, "social-liberal" artisty interested sphere (don't know how to phrase differently), it felt like the whole French Internet was rooting for Mélenchon (or Zemmour for another part of the internet lol) and in the end they only made 28% of voters, I feel like people still didn't realized that bubble effect bc so many were surprised by the results of Macron still going first. In my opinion it plays some part in the resentment people feel, bc it kind of feel like we were "betrayed" by other people (like "hey, didn't we all agree that we hated him during the last five years???" ), by the election as we saw no one around us giving different feedback an. Same thing in the US with last election
we are indeed far stronger than Zemmour in the internet but Zemmour is indeed having oligarchs running for him and has been enjoying the support of many former le pen supporters who turned their backs on her ... the thing is that a good deal of them went back to support her after they felt like that both of they could very well not be making it to the second round ... i am sad to say just this but strategy-wise the right is far smarter than the left, even the far right by the way , as the right managed to spread their votes on both macron and the far right so that they can prevent us to get to reach the second round and the far right was not that very smart but they regrouped on time so that they avoid being beaten right from the first round, while the so called left did not do anything to help Melenchon ... and actually turned out to make him fail
That's the issue with this party it's a bubble of city ppl that are really well and settled in life therefore it does not succeed to convince workers by speaking about subjects that are interesting to them and it is spending too much time on societal subjects
@@moreaupascal56 it's almost like centralizing power too much was a bad idea or something. Even in my tiny country there's a big divide between city and countryside, where the well-off city people have a hard time understanding the struggles of the hard life in the country. There are some necessary policies which will disproportionately impact the countryside that have to be implemented on a global scale and that's too bad but there isn't really a choice, but at the same time I think we'd be much better off with less centralized power in the president and the federal government and more decentralized power in the communes and cantons. That will also help a lot of clashes between different people which in turn will dial down the rampant political polarization too.
I agree with you. I feel that this bubble effect also exists within the realms of one political party. Quite a few left-wing people I follow online were shocked when they realized a non negligible part of Melenchon voters were willing to vote for LePen against Macron, because it seemed like a total antithesis to Melenchon's current values. But the thing is, France Insoumise has not always been what it is today, and for several (older? More traditional) voters, LePen and Melenchon had more common points than LePen and Macron.
@@moreaupascal56 lol u have been really proven wrong to say the very least during the last election ... very popular districts came back to the polls thanks to us ... besides, some other wrong thing that u said is about "the usual voter" indeed, we are not wealthy .. but lots of us have a strong educational background, this is a very different story ... (i have a master's degree and the bottomline is that i have a very precarious financial situation though ... lots of us are ...)
how pleasant it must be - to talk about politics in that categories, feel safe and believe that you can choose, change something. what we have here near russia it`s like another world. like we are living in the dystopian novel, which you are reading..
srry for mistakes
Slava Ukraini
Long Live Belarus
мы справимся, ребята
💔 Я ўсёй душой з вамі! 🤍♥️🤍 💙💛
Its only esthetics, though. We only theoreticalky have power in our country.
@@TheSorrel i understand, thats why i wrote "believe" :) ( :( )
Всё обязательно будет хорошо!!! И мир в Украине, и свобода в России и Беларуси. Главное не сдаваться.
I fear the dystopia is already here descending upon us all. We are just experiencing it differently.
As a French/German person living in Germany this video really represented my thoughts incredibly well!! I love your videos, thank you so much for taking your time to make such well researched and developed content! And of course I’ll make sure to vote this week-end ;)
A bientôt et bisous de l’allemagne !
French here: France has always been a pretty ambivalent country with regard to politics. It is "roman national" has been tied to revolution (1789, 1871) and resistance to fascism. And has always known a powerful left wing movement. With the pcf (before the 80's), cgt, le front populaire etc etc... Or with the may 68' protest. More recently with the yellow vest movement. Also some big intellectual figures were largely from the left (Althusser, Foucault, Sartre and so on). There is truly a tradition of class struggle in France. As a legacy of 1789 and the history of class struggle we claim universal value (Freedom, Egality, human right). And also the right to impose them. Through colonialism (in Algeria for example). There is also a fascination for strong leader. Like Napoléon, De Gaulle, and now Macron. Consequently we have also a pretty strong far right (Maurras, Pétain, Jean-Marie Le Pen and now Zemmour). And now some right wing can even present themselves has defender of the universal republican values. It's almost like behind this façade of universality lie fascism... Mais le pays pas finito. The left and social movement are still there fighting.
So you dont see the left as tied to fascism in france but the right? Interesting...the u.s. it is right opposite. Light wing is socialist fascist....
Quoi qu'il arrive, on lâchera rien.
Lol. "Resistance to fascism"? Since when?
@@lucasgrey9794 well in the second world War? With De Gaulle and "l'appel". Like the now famous story of Jean Moulin. Ofc most of the French population wasn't part of the resistance but resistance is now a part of the French "roman national" or it's national narrative and that's what is important here.
@@uburoi9406 That's hilarious considering how utterly *irrelevant* and *overrated* the French Resistance was. They were literally just a bunch of bandits, murderers and communists. They were very unpopular and even were *despised*. They've been ret-con'ed by "historians" peddling the *false* Anglo-Saxon narrative.
Hi, I'm a Japanese who have lived in several different countries. I've never felt good about Macron even when observing him from outside France. To me, he has been pretending to understand marginalized groups of people but actually not. After I watched your video, I've never been more sure of what I've felt about him. I really hope the election goes well for France, EU and the rest of the world. Thank you!
Would you feel the same in Japan considering they are way more conservative when it comes to immigration compared to France?
@@darklazerx7913 they are so conservative to immigration. Even the population won't consider a person that's part Japanese, Japanese. Even if they live their whole life there.
@@darklazerx7913 Glad you brought it! Japan has been way more conservative than France. It's more like Japan can never value inclusion of different cultures and diversity of values, which is so shameful and also a reason why I hate Japan.
@@darklazerx7913 Japan didn’t colonize like France, and I know what they did in ww2
@@Hello-uk5xp Japan did colonize, but i dont see how that is relevant to this issue.
This video got me thinking. My French friends rarely get into politics or their (I assume) love-hate relationship towards their country. I feel as if our generation is numbed to talk certain issues such as this one. Thank you for sharing your perspective. Love from barcelona
as an algerian i hear A LOT about france and i keep up with the news but i always wanted perspective of a french person, very cool video.
Thank you for showing that, not all french people, are on the alt right side. I'm a bit afraid that all of this campaign will make other countries think that we're all terrible human beings...
We don’t wand a diverse france like third world ameeica , get it already
Sometimes I wonder if our generation ever feels patriotic. I left Venezuela when I was 18 to the United States. The U.S. always seemed like this country that had it all together, well in comparison to us they did, but when I moved here I started to see the cracks and grew angry. It made me wonder if it was a good choice to leave.
Now, I'm studying French and it's easy to idealize France, its culture, and think I'm better off in Europe than in America. And then I see your video and I notice a pattern where we're all very frustrated with our countries. It feels like the more you're into politics and human rights (essentially), no place is ever good enough. You can't escape this feeling of frustration and impotence. Will we ever know peace?
If there's someone in the comments section who doesn't feel frustrated where they live, please let me know.
Hello! Fellow Latin American here! I left Guatemala when I was 18 years old and now I’m living in Spain. I would say that In general I’m pretty happy here, but it’s true that every country will disappoint you to some extent if you expect perfection(specially in the moral area) because truth is that every country has its flaws and dark sides. I do believe that Europe is the best place to live, but is far from perfect and getting used to how things work is specially difficult when you have been brought up to think the first world has no disadvantages.
I think the reason it sucks everywhere is because we live under capitalism
Central American here, i moved to the US after almost losing my family to organized crime, so i can tell you that I'm happy as hell.
@@cyrielleasmrcyrielle777 Written from an smartphone created by said capitalism
@@theodorbutters141 😂😂😂
This was a great video. I was only semi aware of the political situation in France, and I want to know how politics work around the world, but unfortunately the media is very America/UK centered and it's not always easy to keep as informed as I would like. When you reassured us at the end that the French left isn't dead, I genuinely choked up a little bit, not sure why. I see so much pessimism and depressing political situations wherever I look, maybe the idea that old revolutionary France still has some hope sparked some form of consolation within my heart? Anyway, keep strong, hold your head up, comrade.
Much love, Kimmie
I loved this video. In Brazil we had a similar problem: the liberal press kind of "naturalized" a bunch of the far-right discourse, and now that the country is freaking dismantled because of Bolsonaro, people pretend they didn't have anything to do with it. But you still have much more luck than us: you had two opportunities to put Le Pen in power and you didn't; we did it in the first and worst possible moment. Really happy for you french people with Macron winning the election, although I don't like him too. Don't follow our steps into the abyss (and sorry for my english).
your english is great.
When i look to brazil politics , corruption is nearly always here. it's like every time brazilian try to put someone in power , it come with corruption and court case . (i watch it since lula da silva )
For me , and maybe i'm wrong but Bolsonaro + covid make a dangerous coktail . i also read rumor of him wanted to make a coup , i don't know if it was true .
@@Eldiran1 you see it a lot because it was the main theme the opposition to the workers party used to knock them out of power. But you're absolutely right about Bolsonaro: he killed of covid hundreds of thousands of brazilians because he is a fucking extremist who thinks that our military dictatorship didn't kill enough people 30 years ago. Ever since he is a public figure he makes declarations about the need of destroying institutions and torturing oppositors. He won the election just so he can destroy democracy from inside, he says it a lot and quite clearly.
@@javierrodriguez4218 thanks haha
@@RenanAzs Seem fucking horrible but he was not elected from nothing. Maybe the violence from the favela as something to do with it ? Like people have enough about what happen in Brazil and they just go extreme because nothing else work so with not trying Bolsonaro ? (some french vote Lepen for that specifics reason )
I don't want to analyze brazil with my standard of living as a french (i surrely have a lot of cliché about brazil ) , but that seem hard to have Bolsonaro in power. I hope this year he will be out : ) , i wish you good luck!
I notice in your videos a clear similarity between the thought structure of French academia and Brazilian academia (not to mention between the Brazilian left and the French left). The way you talk and the references you make, they all remind me of my high school and college teachers and of sociological, political and economical Brazilian literature. I believe it's because Brazil's and Latin America's main university (USP - University of São Paulo) had enormous French influence in its beginning. A lot of the initial teachers and researchers were French intellectuals, such as Lévi-Strauss, Paul Arbousse-Bastide and Pierre Monbeig. I might be biased, as I lived in São Paulo almost all my life and almost all my teachers and family went to USP, but the similarities are clear. It's crazy how a small country like France has such a worldwide influence. Great video!
In Germany, the President isn't elected by the entire population, and neither is the Chancellor (who has theoretically the lower status but factually much more influence). As a kid I thought that sucked because I thought we should all be able to vote for a person... but the more I see from elections in the US or France, where a President is elected more or less directly, the more I like our system. It doesn't allow for as much of a personality cult. (Although Merkel managed to instate one for her anyway, but I feel it still wasn't as extreme as in, say, the US).
Merkels personality cult is a bit of a tricky box in my opinion. After 16 years, it's hard not to be engrained into everyone's minds. But i feel like the way she was perceived by the public always had a bit of irony in it, like calling her "mutti" or below every post was someone saying "danke Merkel", no matter the contents of the post. She was never perceived as the strong stateswoman, the one to solve all our problems. And her party promoting her instead of an actual political platform... Well that's because they don't have much to offer
@@MyHolyUnicorn Haha definitely agree on the last bit :D And most of the rest as well. One thing that really annoyed me during her (I think) last campaign was when her slogan was basically: "You know me." She didn't even bother coming up with a political message, instead she just went for "I'm the right person for the job because I'm me"-approach and it really annoyed me :D All in all, I'm just extremely glad she's gone.
Small correction: in America you do vote for a candidate, but the candidate with the most votes may not be the winner. Each state has a certain amount of voting power, which it allocates based on the votes of people living there. Often this is winner take all, so if you live in a state that is heavily left/right leaning, you may as well not vote. It sucks and I actually wish we could just vote for the president directly. Trump didn't even win the popular vote.
The US is not a direct democracy. It's a weird system, but the nation wide popular vote does not elect people and it's mainly used as a nationwide approval poll.
@@alex_blue5802 yeah I know, that's why I wrote "more or less directly" - but thanks for explaining it more! :)
As a Brazilian, I can understand the anxiety about a possible liberal re-election (from the extreme right in our case), despite the strength of the other center-left candidate, self-criticism is put aside to defeat a "greater evil" (Bolsonaro is a shit but that's not the discussion), as well as "sensitive" issues such as racism and lgbt rights, having to ally with a notoriously right-wing vice with a deplorable track record.
But as a great thinker would say, "In a country like Brazil, keeping hope alive is in itself a revolutionary act."
É sobre isso
A gente tá INFINITAMENTE melhor que a frança nessas eleições kkkkkkk
@@marcosviniciuslisboa7187 Exato
Não sei se você tá se referindo a ele, mas o Ciro não tem força política e apoio pra ganhar as eleições. Temos que aceitar isso, aceitar a péssima escolha do Alckmin como vice e concentrar nossos esforços em fazer o Lula ganhar, de preferência no primeiro turno. O Bolsonaro no segundo turno é um risco ainda maior pra democracia brasileira.
@@felipewa Com certeza, estava focando mais na real força da esquerda (ela cita no vídeo que vem diminuindo na França e sinto o mesmo no Brasil) visto que o centrão controla a maioria do congresso entre outros fatores. Ainda assim acho q o Lula é a melhor opção agora, só critiquei a vista grossa para o negligenciamento de certas pautas e a dificuldade de lidar com elas
For what it’s worth, as an American, I’ve always been impressed by the level of political discourse in France. Even if it does often default to center-right to right-wing politics, it’s a more honest and diverse discussion than what we generally see in the Anglophonie, especially in the US. Frankly, I think there’s an allure to the leftist political discourse in the US, but it’s flourishing under a rock, which lends itself to an extremism that creates wild pendulum swings close to right-wing authoritarianism, without providing adequate political checks in the form of Congressional power. Leftist intellectual topics hardly ever find themselves in political power and it just becomes a fun way to piss off your uncles at Thanksgiving. The French tendency to resort to its grip on liberté, égalité, et fraternité help to mainstream certain ideas into the political discourse-as seen by how Mélenchon, far more leftist than even Bernie, is able to nearly top the election charts with parliamentary influence while Bernie & friends have really only ever sponsored some legislation. That said, please feel free to tell me I’m wrong lol
Great comment.😊
From my experience, many Americans tend not to talk openly and with a mature attitude about politics because of the taboo represented by wars and military expenses.
Gian Marco Russo I agree, but I’ll go so far as to say it’s kind of more than just that. For example, I was reading the French edition of Le Monde not too long ago and they threw in the phrase “national shame” about France’s African colonial history like it was nothing. I’ve seen “national shame” used in the US, but never so matter-of-factly and honestly, never in an American publication of such a broad appeal/reach as Le Monde. I feel like it would need a disclaimer in the US if it was about something like slavery, which is met with, like clockwork, the classic “well, that was a long time ago, that’s not *my* responsibility …”. The inability to accept collective responsibility runs deep in American cultural discourse, whether about slavery or segregation or even modern wars-making it all taboo.
Sure, the political discourse in France isn’t immune to that (tell me again where the Louvre get those African statues??) but the starting point just seems a little further down the line in most cases about what the initial conditions for discussion even are.
@TheMaxntoby definitely true, I think the US constitution has long been needed to be re-written at this point.
When I think of politics like that I think of the far left as authoritarian and far right as anarchy. Because the idea of the left being free thinking intellectuals and the right being authoritarian nationalists leads us to the Left vs Right mindset that we're dealing with now, rather then finding middle ground to have open discourse on. Then with there being extreme capitalism and communism mirroring each other.
Since this all really reflects the basic political compass which at least serves as a starting point until it gets to more advanced in particular issues.
The "as the majority of young french people, i hate my country" claim is a bit of a bold statement. There are no good poles made about this and on a personal basis (which isn't representative, but again there are no good poles) i dont know a single young person who would say they "hate" France. They are highly critical of pieces of it's society, politics, ideals and history yes, but who isn't, it's quite different.
Hating France and hating its current political environment are two very different things. If the majority of young French truly hate France, then our country is already doomed to failure.
@@cardwellgabriel8578 yep
Extremely well said.
As a Greek, I'm somewhat relieved that not many things are actually different in Western Europe than in Eastern (since we tend to get blamed for anything and everything) but I'm also bummed out for the same reason. If everything is very similar everywhere then how can we progress? I appreciate so much your views in the video, I'm a Francophile in the general sense and I support the well being of the populous in every country.
7:39 It’s giving me Kim Kardashian’s “No wants to work anymore…” Energy.
Hello, I am (unfortunately) an inhabitant of your southeastern neighbouring country. The one with pizza pasta mafia Berlusconi Monica Bellucci and Carla Bruni.
Ok let's get serious tho.
In 1994, when I was 4 years old, Silvio Berlusconi took his first steps into politics. At the time, he was a very successful entrepreneur, owning 3 TV channels (when he started his media empire in 1980, Italy only had 3 TV channels, all of them State-owned, and colour TV was 3 years old).
In retrospect, those 14 years were crucial to establishing his ascent, and it is even more crucial to remember that Italy was still reeling after a nationwide scandal that revealed political corruption at all levels of government: it was such a telluric shift that we often talk about First Republic (lasting from 1946, when we chose Republic over Monarchy via referendum, until 1994) and Second Republic (from 1994 onwards). Of course, Berlusconi was involved in it, and many saw his ascent to politics as his attempt to get away not only scot-free, but with even more power than before. He is involved in countless scandals and legal proceedings and he hasn't been condemned by any tribunal (at time of recording).
But it wasn't until his election in 2001 that he really achieved his goals (not so coincidentally, the protests at the 27th G8 in Genoa, which resulted in more police brutality than you would ever want to read about, happened in the same year).
His demonisation of the left and the move of left wing politicians to neoliberalism deprived Italy of any relevant left wing party: the UK has Jeremy Corbyn, the USA have Bernie Sanders, France has Jean-Luc Mélenchon, we have... a bunch of misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, racist, disgruntled, old, white, male tankies and a few well-intentioned but scattered and utterly insular parties and movements. His control over the media meant the sacking of left wing journalists from public television as well as racist and anti-communist propaganda being fed to us 24/7. His crass mannerism paved the way to fascist dingbats like Matteo Salvini and Giorgia Meloni. His liberalisation of the economy was continued by every other political force after him, workers' rights are a joke and we have no minimum wage. Voters have little to no trust in politicians, and we've had four technocratic governments (which are a way to implement unpopular neo-liberal austerity policies in a very undemocratic way) since 1994: the fourth, lead by banker Mario Draghi, is still ongoing.
But even without him, Italy would still super suck.
People of colour are not allowed any voice because getting Italian citizenship is a daunting task if you don't have Italian ancestry (ironically, people of Italian descent who don't speak the language and have never set foot in the country have Italian citizenship), and racial segregation is insane: as anecdotal evidence, my high school hosted around 2000 students every year and, to the best of my memory, the number of students of colour I met in there was four. Not four percent. Four. Two of them were adoptees and one moved schools when he failed his first year.
Our fascist and colonial past is rarely, if ever, brought into question, and the system is structurally weak against the resurgence of fascism, as we've been seeing recently.
The Holy See/Vatican City interferes a lot in our politics, and as a result any attempt to fight bigotry is quickly rendered useless: a law proposal aimed at punishing offences based on someone's gender or sexual orientation was rejected in Parliament in late October, while right wing politicians were literally celebrating.
The South has been underdeveloped and left to its own devices since the inception of Italy as a unified country, and as a result criminality, corruption and environmental degradation are rampant.
And I could go on a lot more but I think I won't, this is already too much for me.
It may surprise you that we see the situation in France as favourable, but remember: many people of my generation or younger don't remember a time when things were... I wouldn't say good, but even remotely tolerable. Like Ian Danskin of Innuendo Studios once said, things stay terrible long enough, you almost miss when they were merely bad.
This trainwreck of a peninsula is completely and utterly f-d and has no future, but you can still save yourselves before you become us. Or alternatively, we can join forces and overthrow our f-d up systems, and celebrate sharing wine and cheese later (contrary to popular belief, we have a lot more than just Gorgonzola, Mozzarella, Parmesan and Pecorino).
Yours sincerely,
a fellow disgruntled Romance-speaking lefty.
i kinda felt an aura of Anglo-Saxon idealition and even tho I agree with everything you said I would just like to express how france is doing a lot of things concerning labour rights much better than the USA (higher unionisation, though its only around 10% but with an easy process of strike orginising), healthcare, public education etc. there is a whole lot to improve but I guess we shouldn't take for granted what we already have or compare ourselves with usa or uk that are the birthplace of neoliberalism, but just fight for the better. me, as Polish, I have so much to complain about politically and socially speaking, but I still can see that at least our universities are free and if I am sick i won't have to pay for the ambulance to take me to the hospital; it should be a basic thing, but it sadly isn't: we live in a wealthy bubble compared to most of the world so we should focus on the fight rather than fetishize America where the left is completely impotent since the 80s
America needs to be our constant reminder that neoliberalism will destroy our societies
She's talking about the current governement and not France as a whole, I think. Macron's not doing that much for labour rights, healthcare or education. All of that came before him, and he might break all of it with his neoliberal policies.
get health insurance , I’d rather have that than pay twice as much in taxes for a social health care system .
@@fredjack416 The bills are gonna strangle you if you're unlucky...I'm content with a social healthcare system myself. No worries about suddenly getting an absurd amount of debt for something like a broken arm. It's documented that private health insurance alone often doesn't cover everything.
@@alicedeligny9240 Who worries about going into absurd debt for a broken arm? That pretty much never happens anywhere.
I'm really glad you made this video. I've spent long periods of time in France a few times since he was President. Funny thing is that I liked him as President of your country as a foreigner because he has that particular strength of keeping the status quo and saying what needs to be said (this is what I realized as I listened to you) but when I was in the country and listening to the arguments about him, I realized how he isn't good for the French people. He does sound like he is out of touch with what the people are actually dealing with. He was born into wealth and I don't think he has ANY clue how the people that are not him feel or what they need to not feel disenfranchised or disregarded. I can see your frustration with him and I hope the next election will encourage someone who reflects the common man to run for President and win! I think they will be a breath of fresh air for the country.
Thank you for another very interesting video! I am French myself, living in the UK for my studies, and share your anger and sometimes, tbh, straight-up despair. If you wanna make any more comment videos on similar topics je suis très preneuse! xx
I’m thinking that even minorities who successfully fit the mold are more so detached than positively assimilated - you can’t get more apolitical than Gad Elmaleh.
I also think it’s fascinating how French politicians can get away with not addressing recent controversies and current issues, all while gesticulating with the utmost passion, almost like they are overcompensating.
The voters are left either confused / apolitical, or engrossed in identity politics, as a result.
The only problem I have with Mélonchon is that he faceplants on foreign policy. Mind you, if France used IRV, it'd be interesting to see where he'd pick up transfers and possibly challenge the far right more effectively.
It's relieving (and a bit despairing) to hear that the left is failing to help us younger people on an international scale - that its not just my nation (the US) failing to deliver. Makes me feel less insane and less doomed.
America is only more willing to admit its flaws likely due to its Calvinism. Most of europe has more in common than different, and especially with France.
The welfare state is more of a compromise than anything else. America’s compromises are different.
@@aspen1606 It's not like people don't admit their failures, it's that leftist forces still exist and had an effect in the politics of western Europe, unlike in the US.
The democrats, no matter what they tell themselves, aren't "Left" politicians, not outside of social politics discussions at least.
When I despise the current condition of my country (Italy), I look back at the influence of things like the PSI in many things. These forces have been there, we have seen them at play. In the US these things never had a chance.
@@Hyperversum3 That hasn't been true since 2008. The democrats went very far left since then ideologically and so have colleges. If anything, it came back just in a completely awful unlikable form. Actually if you look at the polarization scale of the US, it's almost been completely the left that is radicalizing but it isn't the good kind. It's based on identity politics rather than european leftism. It's genuinely as otherizing as shit old southerners said. And i'm not saying this as someone who dislikes the left. In europe it's a very good force. In america, the modern left wants nothing more than to destroy social fabric and add isms rather than actually improving lives. There's a reason trump won in 2016, the working class got sick of democrats calling them evil.
And don't get cocky about your left, it is in the exact same spot as it was in the us in the 80s.
@@Hyperversum3 Democrats and even Republicans are "far left" in a few aspects compared to Western Europe. Immigration and ideas of racial equality are far ahead in the US and Canada compared to Europe which can seem outright Fascist. How many times Europeans unironically talk about cutting back immigration because of "criminals from x" is absurd and terrifying. And recently the talks about outright banning Russian visas proves my point.
From a North American POV, Europe can seem far-right than anything they've seen since the 20th century. However yes, Europe in general is Left to the US in terms of social services and general government intervention. Hard agree there.
You can't imagine how much I feel for you. I am Hungarian... After the recent elections I was devastated. Never thought that I lived in a bubble, it seems like I have a completely different experience of reality than the majority of my country. But my bubble of like minded thinkers made me believe we are progressing. But nope.
That election result was really crushing, Fidesz will not be in power forever as all things come to an end, it just may take much longer and another grand opposition (Jobbik really does make things harder though).
@@ricardobarahona3939 Thank you for the encouraging words! I agree, they won't be here forever, and it's a great challenge for the opposition to improve and find its way to more people. They have to pull it together, Jobbik needs a chill pill for sure;)
May I remind you that the opposition was partly an alliance between former nazis and communists. Just by seeing this if I were an Hungarian I'd be glad of the results especially since Orban really protects his country. He has defaults like his authoritarianism but he still gets the bigger picture. The reason why leftist hate Orban is bc he made Hungary a thriving free market economy, an Israel ally, an sovereign country. How can you pretend having a country when you don't protect your borders ?
Typical leftist, leves in a bubble.
Serbia and Hungary staying together in awfulness, hooray neighbors!
as a North African Muslim who loves literature and other arts, it is really sad that a country as beautiful, with a great cultural, historical and literary weight as France to be this way. knowing the status of my minority there.
Historical weight as in massive colonizer?
@@nogodsnomasters6963 industrial revolution for instance
@@nogodsnomasters6963 I get ur point tho and I think we both agree that it has an awful history as colonizer, believe me I'm Algerian.
Wouldnt you feel even worse about the terrible state of your own countries politics and how conservative people are in Algeria?
@@darklazerx7913 The reason she feels sad for France is because she loves it, as simple as that. She never mentioned that she doesn't feel sorry for her country.
As an Indian viewer there were alot of these points that I really related to especially the one about political attacks on Universities ( especially the ones with a large muslim alumini) , what sucks is that i have been seeing the sharp rise of alt right views in my friend and social circles.
Absolutely, just the current political climate in India, the alarming anti-Muslim rhetoric, whispers of an eye for an eye, calling secularism a farce. All this in my immediate circle of colleagues and family. Simply terrifying.
the future for India seems so bleak, the only alternative to our far right leader is another far right leader
India’s political climate has slid so far to the right this last decade.
Yeah man we just don’t have options. All our parties are economically centre - left while socially far right (the worst combination lmao).
Controversially... I agree with "alt right" views of Islam. If only people know the kind of stuff Islam teaches people.
I'm a native french speaker, but I'm not french, nor I am european. Everything I see out of french politics is an enigma to me. I understand all the words, but I don't get the point. This really helped. Thank you.
je pense que je suis pas la seule mais depuis que je suis petite j'ai vraiment l'impression que ce pays tourne en rond. c'est des fois dur de se dire que son vote peut faire changer les choses mais c'est toujours mieux d'essayer de faire entendre sa voix que de se taire. super vidéo btw, j'adore ton travail !
Hey salut ! Superbe vidéo, très bien écolo et résumé, après je ne suis pas totalement d’accord avec ta vision des choses, la France reste un des pays où les citoyens sont les mieux traités, étant étudiant avec peu de moyens et descendant des immigrants du milieu du XXe siècle, je suis très reconnaissant envers l’état qui (malgré tous ces défauts de gouvernance) reste relativement humains comparés à nos voisins Européens ou d’Outre-Atlantique, de plus les universités et les grandes écoles sont remplies dans la majorité de personnes pleines d’humanités mais surtout capables de bien se renseigner et de s’instruire.
Très personnellement je suis assez positif sur l’avenir du pays, et en ce qui concerne le fonctionnement de la cinquième république je trouve que la séparation des pouvoirs est relativement équilibrée, du moins je le préfère au système parlementaire type anglo-saxon ou encore Japonais (qui est à mon humble avis un des pires systèmes démocratiques qui puissent exister) - dans lequel le dirigeant du pays change constamment suite à des jeux de pouvoir et des guerres intestinales internes au parti tous les 6 mois.
Le président en France a le pouvoir de faire changer les choses sans pour autant tomber dans la dictature, l’Assemblée Nationale et le Sénat fonctionnent relativement assez bien comme contre-balance, de plus la justice bien que défaillante sur certains point, est complètement indépendante du pouvoir en place et non politisée et tend vers un système de réhabilitation contrairement à certains pays comme les USA. Et pour revenir sur le sujet de l'élection, bien que je me retrouve plus dans ce que dit Mélenchon, je ne me sent pas vraiment représenté, par exemple je n'aime pas du tout sa politique internationale, il propose des idées qui tendent vers un isolationnisme notamment au sein de l'Union Européenne et étant profondément pro-Européen ça m'a toujours dérangé.
Bref je trouve ça bien d’être critique envers son pays, son camp, voire soi-même et c’est un exercice très important au bon fonctionnement de la démocratie, de plus y'a pas plus français que de contester le pouvoir en place et peu importe le bord politique de ce dernier, c'est ça selon moi qui fais une des forces de la démocratie française et c’est la raison qui me permet d’être optimiste pour l’avenir du pays, on parle de désespoir mais je ne suis pas si d’accord, autour de moi je voit des gens engagés à faire en sorte de vivre dans une meilleure société, plus ouverte et accueillante, du moins déjà a leur échelle et la volonté semble s’étendre de plus en plus.
Bref bref merci pour la vidéo !
As a Frenchman myself, please take what is said here with a grain of salt. This is incredibly subjective.
She is very biased towards left wing ideas. The political spectrum is so left wing in France that Macron appears as a hard line austrian school capitalist when he is a northern european social democrat.
@@CharlesDuchemin-ip1yf Yes agreed. That's precisely what I was referring to.
Is it ?
Can you elaborate, please?
no shit lmao. it's almost like she's an individual with her own opinions and political leanings. To anyone who may read this - the historical and current information is completely accurate. Obviously, when she says "the left being elected was the peak" that's her opinion as a leftist. Again - no shit. Regardless, she should say it.
Thanks a lot for this video!!! I know the situation is dire but at least you can vote. I can't even vote for anyone as Chinese citizen🙃
As a foreign student in France since 2017, I can say one of the things I love the most about this country is their ideals, more specifically their leftist ideals: universal and decent housing, health, and income, the strenght of the ecologist movement, la richesse de la vie associative (how rich and dynamic civil associations are). From Latin America to the United states, I've never encountered such a critic and idealist group of people as the French. I confess I arrived to France about 4 years ago as a center-right kind of person and after lots of conversations with friends, attending demonstrations, forums and talking with random people, I have become leftist myself and I'm even applying those ideals to my homecountry. I guess I'd like to thank the french (and french education) for sharing with me their ability to critizise, to question things, and to ask for changes fearcely. I would have loved to see a France under the presidence of Melenchon, but it's ok, at least I think we won't get a France with Le Pen présidente hehe
indeed, but don't you fear the islamization of france? a sharia france would never be like you said it is... it would be more like a extreme far right
our biggest exports are leftist ideas so your story is pretty funny!
Your experience in france was biased by the fact that you were only in high educated and bourgeois circles, their social ideas do not match the reality of lower classes at all, come back living a year in the french hood and then build your opinion with both experiences. Melenchon is not a good choice at all, not better than zemmour, and sadly than any other one we had during the elections. The only thing I agree with in this video is that our political system is not working anymore, the politics do not work for ideas, nor for the people, only for themselves.
As a hungarian, I have no idea where our government is going but for sure it won't want to leave Putin's side. I wish it was more pro-EU so I really hope Macron will win because le Pen supports Orban's illiberal acts.
As an Italian, I feel you way too much.
The thing that bothers me to no end is how through the 90s to the early 2010s the left just... Died. It's like people stopped trying to be elected for real.
Yeah sure, we do have some parties and people in "centrist" parties with left-leaning opinions and actions, but they are few, and are silenced by the mass of centrism at best and right-wing selling themselves as centrist.
There also throwback parties to the Partito Comunista (Comunist Party) but... Eh, I wouldn't touch them not even without someone's else hands. They are basically only auth-left groups filled with tankies, very few young people are in It for actual leftist politics rather than trying to bootlick the soviet flag.
I am a mid 90s kid, so I have no idea what people exactly felt in that age and the start of the new Millennium... But they sure fucked up
Are the Brothers of Italy going to be big in the next election? Italian politics seems pretty depressing and that’s coming from an American. Is there any hope to fix the economy in the South.
Bc contrary to what idealistic left-wings don't want to understand, left-wings government would be handcuffed anyway and in most cases completely unable to apply their social program... And people aren't that stupid, unconsciously they know it. It's like with Hollande people act like he suddenly became right-wing when he got to power but I feel like he just realized anything he wanted to do wouldn't work on the globalized economic scale that France plays in, especially with the EU on his back. Before we get to a point where we have a REAL efficient way to fight against tax evasion, a political party that puts all his eggs on corporations and rich people taxations isn't going to make it
@@ricardobarahona3939 the "South problem" is an historical and social one above any other reason, really, there is little a single governement can do. It would take decades of costant plans and a system of reliable local authorities to apply such planning for real, rather than having money magically vanish as soon as it is assigned to some project.
Too much to discuss in the current political climate, really.
Regarding the FdI (Fratelli di Italia, Brothers of Italy)... Eh, I can't actually say that I am worried.
The thing is, our election system it's about the Parliament. Even if FdI gets a lot of votes, there is just not much chance for a scenario of 33+%, let alone a 50%. They would still depend on another party to exist.
Sure, the perspective of FdI and Lega to reach 50% on their own It's quite worrying, but it's a bit unrealistic as well.
They have essentially the same people voting for them, it's unlikely that these two parties (with the Lega in a serious downward spiral, thank God for Salvini being such a bad politician) get enough votes from the "moderate right" (like FI, Forza Italia, aka Berlusconi's party) or whatever the hell is the Movimento 5 Stelle.
The M5S is definitely where many may move towards the rightwing parties, but... Eh, hard to say how many.
Also, at least to me, it feels a lot like the anti-EU sentiment disapperead after the Covid19 pandemic and that people ain't speaking much of migrants.
Even if FDI gets to elect dear Meloni into Premier position, they won't rule alone.
oh. my girl. First world problem. In Hong Kong, we only have one candidate. In China, we can't even vote.
Wow, I can't imagine being a young french person and feeling like you hate your country. Truth be told I don't know much about foreign politics, but this was a slap in the face - "man to man"? I'm appaulled he pointed someone out accused of rape.
I'm from Denmark and here we have had several men step back from their political positions after it came to the light that they had made some inappropriate passes at women (one laid a hand on a woman's thigh at a party gathering 10 years ago and when she told, he stepped back).
I think the rest of the world has very romantic feelings about France, especially Paris, like it's all roses and wine, making love for entire days and walking through peaceful parks, that sort of thing.
But in reality it is of course a very different matter. For some reason it seems impossible to shake our perception of your country as a wonderful, romantic oasis build on the foundation of fraternity (where's the women in this saying!), liberty, equality.
I really hope equality does prevail over time.
"Terminally disappointed" might be a better term.
@@talideon I'm sorry to hear that. Must be weird living in what is fresh flowers to the rest of the world but really they are rotten.
I hope we never lose France completely, it is also the most beautiful language without competition.
@@larkfly9273 I'm not French, I'm Irish. We have similar but different issues, because we're still dealing with the legacy of colonialism in some sectors of government (health, education, and childcare in particular), and we've a host of mostly home-brewed issues (housing, for instance). That said, I can speak French well enough to consume francophone media, so I get exposed to this stuff, and France is close.
I think it's in some ways a *good* thing to "hate" (really, just be intensely disappointed in) your country a bit: it's a motivation to make things better. Every country is awful in its own way, and our job as citizens and members of society is to try to make things better.
@@talideon Oh, I see. I never knew much about Ireland, I feel like we don't get exposed to a lot of media or anything from there. I'm sorry to hear it's like that.
But yes I guess you're right, it's a motivation to make things better. I guess I really just want everybody to live in peace and be content, but of course that is Utopia.
I don't know how old you are, so I'm sorry to go off on you if you're young.
But you're super off on Danish politics.
1) Very few people have stepped back after accusations and all of them stepped back voluntarily. (The ones I remember atm are just Morten Østergaard and Kristian Hegaard - though Morten said he would be returning, he's just taking a paid break as Nasar Khader also did when the media was critizising him for bad bully behaviour and assaulting women).
2) Not a single thing happened to Jeppe Kofod after sleeping with a 15-year old from his own youth party. Nothing happened to Naser Khader (except him taking a paid break from politics because he was stressed out) after being accused by several women (one of them accused him of masturbating on her and c*mming on her in her apartment where they were supposed to do an interview).
3) The 'just a hand on the thigh' is the most ridiculous narrative that the media is pedalling. It was not about Morten Østergaard's action. It was about how he handled the case. The cases are not open to the public, but at least three women have made internal complaints about Morten Østergaard's sexism. We don't know what these cases are about or whether Lotte Rod is one of these women or not. But it's clearly more than 'just a hand on the thigh'.
It sounds like you just read the headlines and you take that as the news. Please do your research before claiming that Denmark takes sexism seriously. They don't.
For me, as a ukrainian looking on European politics from abroad, one thing that always stops me from rooting for majority of the leftist parties, is their international views, especially on Russia. Again and again I see great social ideas and policies becoming irrelevant, because of anti western views clouds everyones judgments. SPD and Die Linke in Germany, Melenchon in France etc. Not to mention Russian financial support and shady histories of pro russian alignment. When people start talking, that NATO provoked Russia, then here I draw the line. It's like saying Poland provoked Germany and we must respect Germanys security concerns in ww2.
Saying that NATO provoked Russia is not saying that Russia is justified. It is a plea to stay out of the conflict between these two power blocks and to not let oneself get instrumentalized as a useful tool for american hegemony. Yes, there are Russia Stans within the european left but it’s far from being the official party line.
@@johnsinclair4621 so can the U.S invade Latin American countries with no aid from foreign powers because it will help their own interest. Tbh this argument just sound like large powers can dictate and bully small and weaker nations within their own region without help from greater nations or the surrounding nations that feel also threatened.
Yes, as a ukrainian too its scary to see how leftist parties align with dictators, and how they justify nato countries not helping ukraine, imagine if they didnt help what kind of country would ukraine be.
@@hopeintruth5119 Have you even bothered to actually read my post or is this just a standard gotcha that you post everywhere? It does not make any sense in relation to my comment. If the u.s. would invade Chile („if“… ha ha), then I would advocate for Germany staying out of the conflict as well. I would definitely not want that we send troops to Argentina to fight american soldiers. That would be insane.
As a Middle Eastern, it'd be better for us if Europe and America turns far-left than far-right.
as a french/english bilingual, every time you say a french word, it turns off the part of my brain that understands english and turns on the part that understands french, so i'm having a hard time following
As a Hungarian i would accept the a french democracy !
as a Filipino, we just finished our election, the "dream candidate" as the international media dubbed her Ms. Leni Robredo lost over the late dictator's son real wtf moment
I don’t like Macron or his government but Le Pen would turn things into 1930s Germany. I’d rather fight the establishment against a capitalist sociopath than destroy the establishment by turning the country into a far right nightmare of blatant xenophobia. In an ideal world you could vote for a candidate you actually support but apathy always will hurt the poorest and most disenfranchised people. Having more leaders like Trump, Putin, and Bolsonaro will result in more needless hate and human suffering in the world.
Also a far right candidate winning the presidency gives them legitimacy and media power, even if a large amount of the population hates them. Here in the US Trump’s win only helped push politics more right wing while there hasn’t been any from of progressive politics since the 70s.
People like Trump, Putin and Bolsonaro actually gave the people what they wanted and what they needed most: jobs. They allowed an economic growth in their country.
You Leftists have nothing to offer for your own people other than sanctimonious, weak, counter-productive, useless and patronizing moralisation.
So what if there is hate and human suffering in the world? The world has always been such a place and will always be so, deal with it. Stop being so pretentious as to believe that you can save the whole world. You can't. All you offer is weakness and cowardice.
@@ricardobarahona3939 What progressive politics? Antifa and BLM violence pushing for a toxic and destructive political agenda? No thanks. At least, Trump was trying to keep the country together.
How come you didn't mention Bush?
"french man shouting" pépite!
On a more serious note, I'm a third culture kid (french parents but brought up in Sweden from 7-17) and boy do I feel conflicted about my French side. I went to Stockholm's international french school among rich kids from around the globe, we were super privileged but there's this thing in Sweden called "the rule of equality". No citizen is better than another, regardless of your wealth, what you've done, your social status remains the same. You're a human bro, calm down. Swedes are the pros at collegial decisions, even for the smallest thing. They really care about every voice being heard and represented. I know this point is controversial, but even the church of sweden has elections and follows a more "right-wing" or "left wing" vibe depending on the result of the votes. Sweden is traditionally a very leftish country known for equal parental leave and a very feminist approach to politics and social issues. Although the system has its flaws, I don't feel like the Swedes feel like their country has failed them. As a 24 year-old who moved back to France for my studies, medical studies, I got hit in the face by the general disenchantment the french feel towards their government (and rightfully so). What does it say of our country when those supposed to represent some sort of an ideology, which is the Republic, run for president while carrying allegations of sexual assaults, discrimination, fraud etc... When former presidents are being charged. When people can only be heard through demonstrations that end up in abuse and violence? When women's/feminist issues are used as a way to attract votes but feminicide plagues our country? When people have so little secured social rights/help that they feel threatened by the sole presence of foreigners? A country that was built by immigration waves, that colonised and took from but now won't welcome those they are historically linked to, those in need, those who come here leaving everything behind and are met with even less. I honestly feel ashamed of that. Sure we were a great nation, but France keeps proudly calling itself the country of human rights and forgot that this title should be earned every day.
Your Swedish "rule of equality" sounds a lot like our "Fair go for all" from Australia (i.e. that everyone, no matter their upbringing, should have the opportunity to live comfortably & achieve their goals). We also say "don't be a tall poppy", which is "don't boast about your wealth/privilege, you'll be ripped to shreds for it.". It's still fairly unequal down under, but it def could be worse (U.S.A. * shudders *). At least we're (generally) moving toward positive change (e.g. gay rights, MeToo, but racism toward Aboriginal people still has a way to go...).
@@skullsaintdead It does seem very similar!
I totally agree with you! as a French feminist, seeing that a minister is accused of rape and that our many demands are not listened to is very upsetting to me.
I feel like this patriarchal society is never going to evolve sometimes I wonder what good it is to have ideals, to try to convince and raise awareness so that in the end we can decriminalize our actions and gestures because we are women and it is purely annoying and frustrating....
Sweden should give back the lands to its natives 🤘🐺🤘🐺🤘🐺💪💪💪
Germanoids out
@@stu.dent_20 are you a privileged indoeuropean ?
really intresting to hear thought about the french eleciton from some one who is french. keep up the good work
As someone from. a developing country plagued by political corruption, poverty, social inequality, lack of democracy, etc. I'm here to suggest a change of perspective. Saying you hate your country implies you hate your culture, your language, the people that are France, which is not what I think you mean. I often like to say I hate my country too, it's very easy to hate after all. But then I remember what a beautiful country I have, what beautiful people live here. What a beautiful culture I have inherited from my mother, and grandmother, and from the people surrounding me. And I realize, I hate the government. Not my country. I have the most beautiful country in the world, and because I hate to see these people (the government) denigrate my country with their corruption, is why I decided to study law and try to make a difference.
I love your content, and videos like this are the perfect example of why youth has and NEEDS to be more involved in the political sphere and activism, even if we're not often given the space. Because it's people like you, like us, who see the problems and are passionate and willing to change them. Because we love our country, and we hate what is happening. Great video!!
can i just say that the vibes of this video are immaculate. the lighting, the bedframe, the wine glass, the plant *chef's kiss*
crazy to think Mélenchon was 400 000 votes away... man the PCF is annoying
It's scary how much the right (or another variety of them) are winning around the world. I Iive in Argentina and we have an election coming next year, and one of the candidates said the first thing he would do is close every non private university because for him "public education sucks" even if he never experienced it... and the other candidate is the biggest represation there is for a right government, and our current president was supposed to be center to the left but recently switched. It hurts so much to see how people want to destroy your country while being young because it means thats going to be our future, hope everything gets better for us!
Public education is trash
@@kevinallister8373 no, is not... and regardless of how good or bad public education is, there's millions of people in my country who can't even afford something to eat and they want to make us pay for education??? nonsense
@@lourdesamorena7194 youre already paying for public education and it would be cheaper private
@Luca Deponti sí, él. No creo q las "labels", por decirlo de alguna manera, funcionen en Argentina, hay políticos q se hacen llamar de izquierda, o centro, y no lo son, ejemplo; presidente actual. Milei cada vez q habla dice cosas increíblemente absurdas, pero parece q va a ganar así q ya no se q pensar, este país es un lío
Pero el peronismo solo le ha traído destrucción a la Argentina. Menos menem
The closest equivalent to Gilets Jaunes in India are the CAA-NRC where it was a communal effort to disrupt the political establishment. And yes, our PM has said that Snack Vendors are Small Business that are successful and somehow that solves unemployment?
Does Congress have any chance in the next election? What actions does it need to take to regain its strength? Any better leader outside the Nehru-Ghandi family?
As an American I know nothing about French politics. I found this video very informative! You really helped educate me about the issues y’all are facing. Don’t give up and keep fighting!
Yup, fellow French here (even though I don't feel French one bit) and hating this country. I've always voted and did my duty as a citizen (even went beyond as I was a volunteer worker for years, in service to the community), but I feel like the whole system is so unfair and antidemocratic (approval voting would be better, being able to place more than one name at each elections, the propaganda is everywhere in the media and that's because it's all owned by a few oligarchs, etc.), and French people so reluctant to change. Being in more than one minority (disabled, autistic, trans, etc.) is pretty hard, especially since France is claiming to be the country of "Liberty, Equality an Fraternity", when in reality we are seeing none of this. And a lot of people who were supporting the left, socialism, better chances and opportunities for everyone, are now supporting the far-right, and use the most vulnerable minorities as scapegoats, blaming all their problems on us. It's so hard to live here and even though you might say there are no "perfect countries" and be right, I feel like on a few points some countries manage to make it more livable, and people elsewhere are more aware of the importance of avoiding marginalization and making things more inclusive.
If you think that France is an oppressor to minorities, then you must have never travelled elsewhere, because I assure you that it is one of the most open countries in the world.
5:39 , the patriotic within me was hurt by this^^' , and by the end of your video I was wondering if it wasn't more the 'media-political circle' that you hate in France, rather than the country itself. I moved in France since two years now, and I was amazed by the number of activists among the younger generations who claim for a change in the political direction the country is taking.
Also, while spending time with more older people (farmers more specifically) I saw a real concern about troubles of the younger and a hard solidarity towards them. Overall, I think numerous people are exhausted by the political scene, and tend to see it as a theatrical representation, so: blaming the political scene, the voting system (which largely emphasize 'useful vote' by the way), the media scene - OK But condemning the whole country itself seems unfair, even if I can't conclude to general truths only based on my personal experiences, I can still see hope and greatness for the future🙂
People shouldn’t confuse politicians and party’s with their country. Your country is you, your family and friends, your local shops and neighbours, your childhood memories, your favourite places to go on sunny days, your favourite places to eat, the slang, distinct sense of humour and so much more. In addition, a true patriot believes that what is wrong with their country can and will be fixed by what is right with their country, to be a patriot is to believe in the good that lies in the hear of your countrymen and women, it is a stance of hope
Even though sometimes it feels like the only way to fix that is by running for president or prime minister or whatever and praying like fuck to get into power.
I often think about that guy who slapped Macron. I hope he’s doing great!
Lulz this made me chuckle!
I rarely hear about the on-goings of France, so I appreciate being able to listen to your perspective. Very well put together and informative video!
"i started working at 16 sir" i can't articulate my reaction to that answer, and that exchange, and how much it says about Macron, and how it's a perfect example of the delusion of high class people about their own merit, effort and worth
Thank you so much for this video as the French politics always intrigued me, even though I'm not living in French, I have friends and family members there and my country got effected by the politics there.
Hope to see a part 2 of this video about the far right.
“Power corrupts and Absolute Power corrupts absolutely.”
Really? Yet most French kings did a far better job for their country than any of the five republics we've had so far (except for De Gaulle).
Bonjour Alice ! je suis française aussi et je me demandai si il y aurait une autre vidéo cette fois ci sur Marine Le Pen, bonne continuation, c'est très intéressant et divinement bien expliquer ! merci
je viens d'ajouter un pinned comment à ce sujet :)
I mean, it's still way better than the system we have in Hungary where there is no limitation for a person to get elected as prime minister. That's why many think that Orban's regime will only fall if he dies or if Hungary gets bankrupt. It's very frustrating to me becouse I'm actually studing hungarian language and literature at university and becouse I truly love my country and I want it to develope, but in my opinion it's just not happening at the moment. Like, whatever could benefit Hungary, the governement just does the opposite.
As a non Frenchman I would really appreciate a sort of essay on Melenchon.
I really know little about him and most of English speaking sources I am aware of painted this last election as a run between Le Pen and Macron alone.
Easy, he is leftwing Le Pen. He is pro-Russia, anti-NATO, Euroskeptic, and a Left-wing nationalist.
@@starman1144 that's how he is portrayed. She seems sympathetic to him and since I don't speak French hearing a pro Melenchon argument for once could be interesting
melenchon is a wokist, communist, so he would destroy the country
The biggest mistake of my life, was going back to live in France.
Housing situation, employment, salaries...
However, her analysis is typical of a student who just came out of university, she sounds like a boomer.
Anyways, she's very articulated, and have an excellent english
How old are you, monsieur? :o
@@nightslasher9384
40, why that ?
@@TheStanley1000 Should you be called boomer are no? :0 You smart too.
@@nightslasher9384
No, do you know the definition of boomer ? 😂
Generation X if you want to fill me into a category.
I assiocate her generation Y-Z and boomers with very similar interest, specially in politics, way of life, virtue signaling, political correctness, aseptisation of society...
@@TheStanley1000 Ohhh. :O
I would give my left arm to be french, instead i was born in a hellhole in Central America. it might not be great but i can assure you, france is like another galaxy compared to my country.
Surely don't listen to what she says, she's the kind of person to have had it all, to have grown up in unimaginable comfort compared to 99% of the world's population. If the cliché of the French grouch is a reality, then she is the perfect example. Always complaining, loving migrants, multiculturalism but never at home. In short, a person who lives in his world of princess and who does not consider the homeless who are nevertheless with us
Looks similar to an American election with a choice between bad and worse. We can empathize with the French people. Regardless, I hope the best for France and the French people. 🇺🇸❤🇫🇷
I agree, it’s basically a choice between globalism(left) and soft-globalism(right).
It was great to learn about Melenchon at the end, thank you for including that glimmer of hope!
If you consider Macron in any way linked to the ‘far right,’ I think it might be you whose far left.
What I love about your country over mine (usa). A person with a vision can just create a new party and run for government (good or bad). Here, no matter how rich or how much support you have from the people, you will ALWAYS be beholden to our duopoly system, because it is not the people that own the government, it is the parties.
You can even criticize your government? Here in Bangladesh, had I criticized even the dead father of the PM in a Public bus, the next day I would have a mysterious food delivery at my home. And nobody would see me again after that.
I feel you. I can’t take such a video seriously.
Why would taking away the citizenship of terrorists be bad?
She can't use right-wing ideas even if they are sane.
@@Lypno its not sane. If your country produced a terrorist, then it has no right to make that terrorist another country's problem. Do you think the terrorist will simply evaporate into thin air? No. The country will simply expel them and make the criminal a different country's problem. FRANCE IS NOT SPECIAL, if they produce trash then they need to deal with that trash. Stop being Iazy leech
Exactly lol
This has been incredibly eye opening for me. I am only across the Channel in England but how you describe your anger and despair for your own country's politics is exactly the same way I feel about the UK government. For over a decade we have been stuck under a Tory government that has prioritised private business over the people's welfare. And in this anger and depression it is very easy to slip into 'the grass is always greener on the other side' mentality, because we are all in our own bubbles. So, though it's painful, in a strange way it is also reassuring to see another perspective from another country and realise that on a greater scale something is very broken.
When leftist stop bringing inmigrants as crazy is when countries are going to vote for them Again i really dont care about that but i see it how it is, european countries are voting for right wing candidates because of inmigrants thats all, im more center but im not blind
Sad thing is the tories will probably still win the next election as people have such short memories about the handling of the pandemic.
Macron is far from the Tories. His policies are more like Tony Blair New Labour's ones.
The French are luckier than us politically, as their climate (media) is no where nearly as toxic as ours. Virtually every newspaper in the UK supports the Tories, except the Guardian (which is itself become worse), iNews and the Independent. The Daily Mail, The Sun and The Express are virtually right-wing echo-chambers of racism and classism.
@@Sonic_emperor 😂😂😂 what is racism?? There is no channel in the uk that talks about racism
Merci Alice pour cette vidéo qui s'avère instructive pour tes compatriotes aussi (moi !). Bravo pour ton travail !
Si tu n'aimes pas la France dégage, tu ne manqueras à personne.
I hear all your criticisms on Macron and I'm not psyched about him, but I'd like to point out that Melenchon is awful - anti EU, pro Russia (justified Crimea annexation), anti migration (drives down wages bullshit) etc. So yeah, French Corbyn is accurate. I get that he promises French people some good things domestically, but please try to keep in mind how his election would affect other people too.
Agreed... Melenchon had terrible takes on foreign policy.
Being pro-Russia and anti-migration is very awful, but, actually, being anti-EU is pretty understandable, especially as an anarchist myself
Anti-migration is a necessity. Letting hundreds of thousands of foreigners in every year (including the illegal ones) is only going to severely damage the country. Look at Sweden: it's become the second unsafest country in Europe since they welcomed massive amounts of refugees and migrants.
Its like they dont seem to care that these politicians are pro russian, they have no idea that THAT can have awful consecuences
@TheMaxntoby well, in my view, you can't be left wing and anti immigration, that's just populism and not proper solidarity
france's regional cultures have died out due to this "we are all french" mentality
Yes that's the effect of the French Republic.
Macron reminds me of the narcissistic character of Trudeau the Second here in Canada. The war on the people- yellow vests in France, truckers in Canada.
A teacher was beheaded and you are worried about "Islamophobia"
These people are out of touch
Yes, that's a high level of stupidity.