SO, WE HAD ELECTIONS IN FRANCE, VERY INTERESTING RESULTS.
I THINK THAT THEY HAVE GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS, NOT JUST
BECAUSE OF WHO IS GOING TO LEAD FRANCE, BUT BECAUSE OF HOW
THE VOTERS VOTED IN PARTICULAR.
I THINK IT BACKS UP WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT ELECTIONS
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD, INCLUDING ENGLAND, THE UK OBVIOUSLY,
AND THE UNITED STATES.
AS THE NEW YORK TIMES EXPLAINS, "IN FRANCE'S MOST CONSEQUENTIAL
ELECTION IN RECENT HISTORY, VOTERS ON SUNDAY SHOWS EMMANUEL
MACRON AND MARINE LE PEN TO GO TO A RUNOFF TO DETERMINE
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
ONE IS A POLITICAL NOVICE, THE OTHER A FAR RIGHT FIREBRAND.
LET ME SHOW YOU, THERE WERE FOUR CANDIDATES VERY CLOSE
TO
EACH OTHER.
NEW YORK TIMES EXPLAINS THAT IT IS A FULL THROATED REBUKE OF
FRANCE'S TRADITIONAL PARTIES.
WITH BREXIT I SAID THAT THE GREAT UNRAVELING HAS BEGUN,
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.
WE'LL HAVE SAID THAT THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH, BAREKNUCKLE TO
GO WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT WAY OF THINKING.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD FOR YEARS AND YEARS THAT THIS IS WHAT IS
BEST FOR US, BUT WE DO I BELIEVE YOU.
WE WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT AS FAR AS THE
EYE COULD SEE.
IN THE U.S. ELECTION, OF COURSE DONALD TRUMP WON.
THAT WAS A GIANT BREAK THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT WINDOW, LET
ALONE IN NUMEROUS OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THE
ESTABLISHMENT HAS BEEN REJECTED.
MORE CONTEXT FROM THE TIMES, "IS THE ñ IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN
THE NEARLY 59 HISTORY OF FRANCE'S FIFTH REPUBLIC THAT
BOTH OF THE FINAL CANDIDATES ARE FROM OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL
LEFT RIGHT PARTY STRUCTURE."
BUCKLE UP, THIS IS GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING, AND THIS IS AN
EXCELLENT CASE OF WHERE AT LEAST THE VOTERS WERE PRESENTED
WITH AN OPTION ON THE LEFT THAT WAS NOT MAINSTREAM.
WE SAW HERE IN AMERICA WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
WING WITH A POPULIST OPTION, A NONESTABLISHMENT OPTION, AND THE
LEFT-WING GOES, NO NO NO, ESTABLISH QUOTE ñ STATUS QUO IS
AWESOME, WE ARE GOING WITH THAT OPTION.
NO MATTER HOW HIDEOUS THE RIGHT-WING OPTION IS, THEY
GO WITH THAT OPTION.
IF YOU HAD A NONESTABLISHMENT OPTION ON THE LEFT, IT IS
ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT, AS IN FRANCE, THAT OPTION WOULD
HAVE ONE EASILY.
IN FACT, RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THAT THE MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN
IN THE STATES OF AMERICA IS THAT POLITICIAN NAMED BERNIE SANDERS.
IF YOU DON'T GIVE HIM AS AN OPTION THOUGH, YET
RIGHT-WING AFTER RIGHT-WING.
IN THIS CASE, HOW DOES THIS PLAY OUT?
LE PEN'S SUCCESS WAS A VICTORY FOR PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THE
EUROPEAN UNION AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE MORE FRANCE
FIRST POLICIES TO RESTRICT IMMIGRATION, PROTECT FRENCH
INDUSTRY, AND LIMIT ñ LIMIT PUBLIC SIGNS OF MUSLIM
FAITH, INCLUDING WEARING OF HEADSCARVES.
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THAT?
ON THIS CASE, YOU HAVE MARCON AS AN OPTION, WHO WAS ON THE LEFT.
HIS SUCCESS ALSO SUGGESTS THAT ñ
SO, WHO IS GOING TO WHEN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION NOW THAT
THEY GO TO THE RUNOFF BETWEEN THOSE TWO?
HERE IS THE LATEST POLLING ON IT, AND AS YOU SEE, MACRON,
THE LEFT-WING OPTION, HAS A HUGE LEAD.
SO, YOU CAN ARGUE ABOUT HOW LEFT-WING MACRON IS, BUT
THE TRADITIONAL PARTIES ARE GONE.
NOT INTERESTED.
ESTABLISHMENT NOWADAYS, THE UK, FRANCE AND THE U.S.
SAYING, NOT INTERESTED.
BUT AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE A LEFT-WING OPTION, THEY ARE
APPARENTLY VERY WILLING TO TAKE IT.
SO, DEMOCRATS, ARE YOU LISTENING HERE IN AMERICA?
MY GUESS IS NO WAY.
THEY WILL STICK WITH THEIR CORPORATE AGENDA BECAUSE
THEY GET PAID TO STICK WITH THE CORPORATE AGENDA.
THEY LEARN ELECTIONS ñ
THEY LEARN NO LESSONS FROM ANY ELECTIONS.
RIGHT NOW THE DEMOCRATS ARE MORE UNPOPULAR IN AMERICA THAN
REPUBLICANS ARE, WHICH IS ASTOUNDING, GIVEN THAT THE
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT IS DONALD TRUMP.
BUT THE ESTABLISHMENT WASN'T THE ñ ñ
DOESN'T WANT TO LEARN, DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT PEOPLE
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD DON'T WANT THE ESTABLISHMENT.
THEY WILL DO ANYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO AVOID HEARING
THAT, AND REACTING TO IT, BECAUSE THAT MESSAGE IS
AIMED DIRECTLY AT THEM.
WELL, WHETHER THEY WANT TO HEAR IT OR NOT, IT IS REAL AND
IT IS HERE.