President Emmanuel Macron's government faced a backlash Wednesday after the centrist leader called for powers to "cut off" social media in case of widespread violence like riots over the past week.
  • ATGM 🚀@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    To my eyes, Macron clearly has some egotistical and authoritarian impulses.

    He clearly seems to believe that he knows better than other people, and has little patience for what they want or say.

    • ArcticCircleSystem@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Why though? And why do so many people, including many who aren’t in power, seem to have similarly awful responses to crises? ~Strawberry