• Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online
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          Okay, so now I see the issue.

          Americans have no idea how political systems in other countries work. If they did, I don’t think they would be so fanatical about defending their own.

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              Yes, but if you understood the office of President in France and the office Le Pen currently holds you’d realize how bizarre of a choice this comparison is.

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                    I do, it’s a legislative body comprised of elected representatives from geographic areas, often based on proportional representation. But that shouldn’t prevent the French people from doing something about right-wing populism, and Le Pen in particular, any more than the U.S. system prevents Americans from doing something about it.