France Won’t Be Headed for Authoritarianism

As shown here, the United States is not the only country with a tradition of democracy in which the extreme right is working hard to establish an authoritarian regime.

But isn’t France a terrible choice for a movement of hate and ignorance to take hold?  Americans regard the French as urbane, well-educated, and free-thinking people.   When I think of the candidate of LePen, I think of her running for mayor of New York City, where she’d be about as popular as malaria.

“The policies I represent are the policies represent by Mr. Trump; they are the policies represent by Mr. Putin.”  Good luck with that, lady. The epicenter of the Enlightenment is not going to be installing a regime of hatred and ignorance.