[Windflier]

"They are butchers, bakers and automobile makers. They are the folks who grow the food, drive the trucks, build the buildings and fix what breaks. They are France. They have had enough."

So why'd they elect a left-wing socialist like Macron?

Didn't they know what they were going to get?

[marktwain]

So why'd they elect a left-wing socialist like Macron? Didn't they know what they were going to get?

Because, as in the U.S., the game has been rigged. The choices they were allowed were limited, their information was limited, their media in cahoots with the government.