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If nobody likes him, them why do people vote for him?
Only ~65% of French people have voted on the first round, and only 27.84% voted for him on the first round. So it's not representaive of " people". And if your asking why so many people didn't vote, it's beacause the working class and the younger people are desperate and think that in any case the future president, whoever he is, will do nothing for them (which is kinda true).
The second round opposed him to a facist. We voted against the facist. The first round was won because of different factors including extreme PR from macron (with often false promises) and vote fragmentation of the left wing
So you have a political elites that is completely divorced from the people they govern?
I feel like France has solved this before.
Pretty much. Problem is, the solution you're thinking of is no longer applicable when you can risk serious injuries, lifelong handicaps and even death for simple protests due to the current police brutality happening right now. The people is not as desperate as in 1789 when there was a huge famine, we still have things to lose.
Those risks were present in the 1700s too. Moreso even.
Yes and what I'm saying is that people have too much to lose risking this unlike back then
Fair enough. I'm also not* rioting.
I don't know about French politics in particular, but in all democracies pretty much, sometimes there's just not a better option.