• [email protected]@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Is this an accurate assessment of macron’s intent or did he make a mistake and this is the cope? Because the US coped this way in 2016, and it only emboldened the masked nazi militias currently demonstrating and plotting in clear view.

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      5 months ago

      did he make a mistake and this is the cope

      No this is a ‘whole loaf’ move, when in US politics its always ‘half a loaf or less’.

      It will either succeed or it will fail. If successful, he can turn the tide on the right and get things moving in the other direction.

      If it fails, well, good luck Europe.

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        5 months ago

        No this is a ‘whole loaf’ move, when in US politics its always ‘half a loaf or less’.

        Can you explain what you mean by this?

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          5 months ago

          I mean the difference between “Half measures” and “Full measures”. I think a good example of this in metaphor are the two episodes of breaking bad:

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Measures

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Measure_(Breaking_Bad)

          Its metaphor, but since we’re talking strategy here, I’m going to use it. The basic idea is that if you don’t fully commit to a strategy, your half-commitment becomes the source of why it fails to work.

          Its the same in business or any other kind-of sport or competitive enterprise. Macron isn’t acting in half measures. He’s demanding either the full thing, or nothing at all, which I think is the right strategy. A half success gives Macron nothing.