A bit out of it lately, but not in a bad way.
- I replayed some of Halo: Reach today. It's been a long time and it feels good to remember just how much I love Bungie's games.
- I'm feeling completely overloaded on political/social/economic literature. I think I'll shelve Orwell's Homage to Catalonia and finish the Warhammer 40k book I have laying around.
- I'm horribly ignorant of contemporary European politics (wait, didn't I just say I'm sick of this stuf?!? aaahhh!!!!) but the voting in France has me concerned. Just under 20% of the vote went to a far right candidate.
- Apparently, however, a nominally Socialist candidate took the single largest group of votes at just under 30%.
- Questions I have:
- How do French elections work?
- How do French electoral politics normally play out?
- What are the historic precedents for the performance of the various parties?
- How "far right" are we dealing with here?
- Are there any real Socialist parties (anti-capitalism, in favor of mass democracy, etc) worth noting in France? What about Marxist parties?
- Quick! I must go
do extensive research on French politics walk my dog and play more Halo!
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