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@Loukas@mastodon.nuThe fact that 'French political gridlock' is the mainstream news angle on the result isn't really about journalists being ideologically in favour of fascism.
It's simply that this angle is what the 'markets' take.
And 'the markets' is our name for the controllers of capital.
'"Markets won't like a far-left government having a say," said Chris Weston, head of research at Pepperstone.'
The survival of democracy, even the most compromised and problematic democracy, is simply not a priority for the controllers of capital.
Their power is literally dictatorial because it is regulated as ownership, and they seek to extend their own absolutist form of power as far as possible.
They do like cosmetic democracy though. It helps pacify people.
@violetmadder recent events indicate they don't even care about that. Because they aren't actually good at pursuing their own long-term interests. Even cosmetic democracy was a concession they were forced to support.
They're not good at pursuing their own long-term survival in any realistic way in general, really.
@Loukas And this is why the point to attack is the concept of property. Once the right to absolute property is conceded, tyranny inevitably follows.
@simon_brooke I'm not sure any one point is 'the' point, but yes it's crucial.
@Loukas Blowing my mind here. What could make capitalism dependant on democracy? Socialism?
@Qwaint I would say that capital, and the state, always tend to try to extinguish democracy. So the only times when democracy has survived are when people are constantly pushing back against those tendencies. It's a dynamic situation, a struggle, and not a stable end point.
The things people won't say to justify fascism.