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Western 'democracy'?: France's Macron steals election, arrests Telegram CEO

34 minutes Posted Sep 7, 2024 at 2:57 pm.

Western "democracy" is oligarchy

Emmanuel Macron: the "president of the rich"

Inequality in France

French billionaire oligarchs

France's 2024 election results

Macron appoints election loser Michel Barnier as PM

Leftist leader Mélenchon accuses Macron of electoral theft

52% of French want to impeach Macron

Western leaders praise undemocratic PM Michel Barnier

How Macron stole the election he lost

France is not a democracy

Arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov

US government wanted Telegram backdoor for spying

Russia, West, and Pavel Durov

Telegram and Belarus color revolution attempt

Western media's former love affair with Durov

West turns on Durov

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The same week France arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, the "President of the Rich" Emmanuel Macron stole the 2024 election, refusing to allow the left-wing New Popular Front that won to form a new government, instead appointing a new prime minister from a right-wing party that got 6% of the vote. Ben Norton discusses how Western "democracies" are actually oligarchies.

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