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FTFY. Seriously, Russia hates the fact that they don’t have the kind of political power and reach they did even in the 1980s. On one level that’s kind of understandable, since the collapse of the USSR led to massive chaos politically and economically, and resulted in their sisters, daughters...

Why would it, though? Sure, Russia and China dislike each other but China is effectively in the process of making Russia their bitch. Not to mention the whole “enemy of my enemy is my friend” thinking is what got us into the current mess in the first place. Russia isn’t our primary threat but...

Basically, yes, it comes down to France being arrogant and dumb enough to think that they can call the shots. Hence why Macron bashed NATO (he’s more keen on a French-led EU military) and why Le Pen wants out for much the same reasons as De Gaulle, because fuck everyone but France (which I can’t...

Same as you, the United States. It’s not so much that I’m invested in French politics as I am just interested in keeping an eye on what goes on in the world generally as a hobby. As for Le Pen, it’s not so much that I disagree with her overall objective of trying to improve the French economy...

France is not going to implode and collapse into anarchy or tyranny. And for all the fucking around they do, they’re still one of the largest economies on Earth. Le Pen is a nationalist who is making headway only because Macron and Hollande before him (and Sarkozy before him, etc) have been...

She's only willing to change it in being more nationalist; otherwise she's very much in favor of the status quo. Nationalist and socialist at the same time, really, which...yeah no thanks. The reason she's getting so much support is she's expressly willing to do *something* when Macron and the...