Tag: elections

  • Our lives depend on the upcoming midterms

    Our lives depend on the upcoming midterms

    Aggression serves no purpose. Insults, lack of restraint, denigration, wanting to punish others, and violence have serious consequences. intransigence has serious consequences on both the left and the right; it is the best way to loose elections. It creates enemies. Improving the world does not mean accusing others. We need more tolerance on both the…

  • Nos vies dépendent des prochains midterms

    Nos vies dépendent des prochains midterms

    L’agression ne sert à rien. Les insultes, manquer de retenue, la dénigration, vouloir punir les autres ou la violence ont de graves conséquences. L’intransigeance a de graves conséquences à gauche comme à droite, c’est une machine à perdre les élections. Cela crée des ennemis. Faire avancer le monde ne signifie pas accuser les autres. Il…

  • No to piecemeal solutions, let’s change the system

    No to piecemeal solutions, let’s change the system

    Le systémisme – France Inter: https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/en-quete-de-politique/en-quete-de-politque-du-dimanche-11-mai-2025-7099785 To protect the environment, we need to emit less CO2 and pollute less. Governments are proposing to subsidize the purchase of electric vehicles. This is a half-measure. What about truck traffic, container ships, and the consequences of lithium and steel mining? To really tackle the issue of transport-related pollution,…

  • Non aux solutions au cas par cas, changeons le système

    Non aux solutions au cas par cas, changeons le système

    Le systémisme – France Inter: https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/en-quete-de-politique/en-quete-de-politque-du-dimanche-11-mai-2025-7099785 Pour défendre l’environnement, il faut émettre moins de CO2 et moins polluer. Les gouvernements proposent de subventionner l’achat de véhicules électriques. C’est une mesurette. En effet, que dire de la circulation des camions, des porte-conteneurs, des conséquences de l’exploitation du lithium et de l’acier. Pour réellement s’attaquer à la…

  • Left-wing policy’s lack of action doesn’t pay off

    Left-wing policy’s lack of action doesn’t pay off

    Barack Obama, Olaf Scholz, François Hollande, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Kier Starmer, Anthony Albanese, Pedro Sanchez, Justin Trudeau do not propose a vision. They do almost nothing for the people. Their only quality is that they’re not as bad as the others. It leads nowhere, gives no direction. This strategy doesn’t pay off, and…

  • A European leap forward is needed

    A European leap forward is needed

    Since Trump is back in power, the United States is no longer an ally of democratic countries. Donald Trump and his government regularly echo Putin’s theses and call themselves predators. 1. The USA has claimed that it wants to take over Greenland, Panama and Canada against the will of the people. 2. Trump and Putin…

  • Un sursaut européen est nécessaire

    Un sursaut européen est nécessaire

    Depuis que Trump est de nouveau au pouvoir, les Etats-Unis ne sont plus les alliés des pays démocratiques. Donald Trump et son gouvernement reprennent régulièrement les thèses de Poutine et se qualifient eux-même de prédateurs. 1. Les Etats-Unis ont affirmé vouloir s’approprier le Groenland, le Panama et le Canada contre la volonté des populations. 2.…

  • We’re all in it together

    We’re all in it together

    The Republicans, Richard Nixon with the opening up to China in the 1970s and Ronald Reagan with the relocation of manufacturing to Mexico in the 1980s, put quantities of products on the market at lower prices than before. This was presented as a gift to purchasing power. It gave people more disposable income. Landlords then…

  • Having the majority of political power without the majority of votes

    Having the majority of political power without the majority of votes

    The voting system in France, whether for the presidential or legislative elections, is not proportional. Only the candidates with the most votes go through to the second round. It favours the big parties with an undisputed leader. The French Fifth Republic was created for one man, Charles de Gaulle, who was the undisputed leader of…

  • 2024 UK general election: choosing the Right or the Left.

    2024 UK general election: choosing the Right or the Left.

    The Left and the Right are two ideologies that recognise the importance of having elites. For the Right, some people are considered to have fewer rights than others: women, black people, workers, etc. The elite is composed of Oxbridge. The people have to sacrifice on their housing, health and education to give to the elites.…