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It's now official, in a just-released communiqué Macron has rejected a government led by the New Popular Front. There’s a neoliberal coup happening in France. (www.politico.eu)

submitted 2 months ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/europe@hexbear.net

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 57 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I find the fact that people have been rioting for years now with nothing to show for it is really illustrative why a vanguard is absolutely necessary to achieve any sort of systemic change. Spontaneous action never actually accomplishes anything in the end.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Repeated spontaneous action tends to create the vanguard. Or at least legitimize one.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right, eventually people learn from experience and start to reflect on what they're doing. It's just depressing that we've been through all this already, and people are once again rediscovering what works from scratch.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but that's what happens when we have our history stolen from us. We have to rediscover everything over and over again until we don't.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

indeed