Western ’democracy’?: France’s Macron steals election, arrests Telegram CEO
The same week France arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, the “President of the Rich“ Emmanuel Macron stole the 2024 election, refusing to allow the left-wing New Popular Front that won to form a government, instead appointing a prime minister from a right-wing party that got 6% of the vote. Ben Norton discusses how Western “democracies“ are actually oligarchies.
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Topics
0:00 Western “democracy“ is oligarchy
3:39 Emmanuel Macron: the “president of the rich“
6:11 Inequality in France
8:27 French billionaire oligarchs
12:48 France’s 2024 election results
14:10 Macron appoints election loser Michel Barnier as PM
15:28 Leftist leader Mélenchon accuses Macron of electoral theft
17:04 52% of French want to impeach Macron
17:28 Western leaders praise undemocratic PM Michel Barnier
19:51 How Macron stole the election he lost
23:07 France is not a democracy
24:20 Arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
25:57 US government wanted Telegram backdoor for spying
27:09 Russia, West, and Pavel Durov
28:18 Telegram and Belarus color revolution attempt
30:16 Western media’s former love affair with Durov
31:19 West turns on Durov
33:45 Outro
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