Then why (and I’m not trying to attack you, I’m genuinely curious) have we not seen anything about them protesting before? Because it didn’t directly affect them? Sounds pretty similar to most ultra-conservative groups, I guess.

Hey now. If you’re so adamant that Israel should be invoking divine retribution on these infidels, wouldn’t you want a piece of the action? It’s the Crusades 3.0!

What? If anything, Israel is the one wrapped in progressive propaganda.

Honestly, - and 5 years ago I would have been appalled to hear myself say this - that might be the best outcome for us all.

Only ever seems to be used to describe bastions of conservative support. I wonder why.

What, subsidizing dairy farmers?

Broken clocks and all that.

There are also some okay crimes

Don’t feed the trolls. https://youtu.be/h0Q6dBkSgkk?t=5

This is the case in essentially every developed nation. Immigration is not just beneficial, but necessary for the wheels of capitalism to churn. Not sure what people think is going to happen when those who pick fruit for cash under the table or those who man the Taco Bell drive-thru at 2 am are deported, but I’m guessing their plan doesn’t involve applying for those jobs themselves.

Do us all a favor, you two, and just stay… here.

I think you forget that America has created possibly the dumbest election cycle known to man. I imagine it’s not nearly as drawn out in France, especially for a snap election like this.

Also, an impeachment would 100% override the dissolution. That happens in America, too, before you mention it; when an impeachment vote is called pretty much everything else comes to a standstill.

Interesting viewpoint. As a fellow American, I think that that kind of power would actually give POTUS the amount of power that the public seems to think they have. It’s really the only way the federal government has to hold a Swiss-style referendum on a topic.

even if (and I assume there are) requirements for an election in X amount of time, can’t do it too often, etc.

I think the check there is “Why have you done this twice in 6 months? Parliament/Congress/Legislature, please impeach this clown.”

Here in the US Congress isn’t just lawmakers, they do investigations, have committees, etc. and act as a check on executive power

Most legislatures around the world do the same things? I’m not sure why you think the French government is so different, especially given how much French culture/politics/philosophy influenced the Founding Farmers.

It is. Dissolve is needlessly permanent - whatever happened to “disband”?

It doesn’t belong to the president, no. Think of it as Macron basically asking the French people if this (the anti-EU coalition that did so well in the election) is what they want as a whole. Because if so, their parliament is not properly representing their views.

Basically the opposite of what you’ve suggested. Theoretically this is allowing the parliament to more closely align with what the EU elections suggest the people want. Obviously he’s probably hoping that his party is voted back into power, indicating that France actually does support a pro-EU stance, but that’s not guaranteed to happen.

No, it really isn’t… being able to essentially declare no confidence in your legislature and immediately begin the election process is, in general, a great thing.

Don’t be ridiculous. It called one of its contractor friends to install the pipe for them.

I wouldn’t call this a “source”, but it’s an interesting explanation of the 4B movement.

https://www.thecut.com/2023/03/4b-movement-feminism-south-korea.html

To be fair, a shocking number of people don’t actually know that he and the ANC did eventually adopt guerrila warfare/terrorism for a time to achieve their ends. I blame the kid-gloves treatment that most discussion of apartheid gets, usually to kids, and the fact that it usually never gets mentioned again to adults.