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by throwup238 703 days ago
What is the new set of elites in France and Germany? How are they different from the old batch of elites?

As far as I can tell, it's all the same donors and special interests. The only difference is in the rhetorical window dressing.

You might as well be comparing Lidl and Aldi.

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> How are they different from the old batch of elites?

They’re in different social circles! They don’t socialise with each other. That’s the difference. Bardella is a college drop-out, for instance.

> it's all the same donors and special interests

If you aren’t looking for how subsets in that group align and reälign you’re missing the entirety of politics.