did the popular front do a ton of work?
ABSOLUTELY. they organized out the ass
but what was achieved was not the defeat of fascism, but a deadlock of parliament
i don't blame people in the us for not understanding french politics
however
yesterday's election was not the "left victory" that it's being paraded as
the nazi party (not hyperbole) doubled their number of representative seats
the "centrist party" will be joining the alliance of the far right
true and i agree
what we have seen repeated is the complacency that immediately goes into effect
and the marginalized and targeted are once again shouted over and ignored
its brunch time baby!
That's a common problem, people not familiar with the nature of conflict are used to the idea of one victory and one victory only, it's how fiction goes.
In reality, it takes victory after victory.
Whenever I think of this stuff a line from a game I played as a kid comes to mind
"Setback after setback. Loss after loss.", describing how being defeated is a slow and disheartening process.
