The left at the crossroads
- What is happening inside the left in the last few decades is "revolutionary". The opposition between the sociological profiles that we can find within this is very evident.
On the one hand, we have a group that is based on post-materialist values (in short: feminism, environmentalism, anti-racism, etc.), which is usually located in the middle classes and has a high socio-economic status and well-being. On the other hand, we have the losers of globalization, the precarious people, often ordinary workers, who perceive that their situation has worsened in recent years and who place themselves in social vulnerability.
We are facing a coalition of some kind of neurotic. In fact, in most cases the views of one and the other do not converge and are often contradictory on different issues. The management of immigration or refugee issues is a perfect example, but in the environmental field or in other cases this contradiction can be seen very clearly. In other words, we have workers who have historically positioned themselves in the ideological field of the left; on the other hand, children of these workers who have been rising in society in recent decades. Two very different groups, but in the same ideological field.
The French elections have been a perfect example of this reality. The ultra-right Le Pen and the centrist Macron move on to the second lap. The rest of the parties have supported Macron since day one, except for one. France Intsumiso, which has obtained almost 20% of the votes, has tried to maintain the intermediate equidistance. According to sociological studies in France, the vote of the losing worker has been divided between France Intsumiso and the National Front in the first round. Melenchon, the leader of the first political movement, knows this very well and does not want to leave this sociological framework free for Le Pen. The choice is also quite dubious, because through this warmth a certain legitimacy has been given to Le Pen and the gaps have appeared in the democratic wall that has been given so far.
Apart from the tactical movements, this reality has completely exploded the traditional schemes. In this context, the left is not at all clear on which path to follow, and whoever takes one or the other will always be a loser. Defending only the point of view of the progressive middle classes, as before, opens the electoral highway for the ultra-right, there is only to look at the results of the French socialist party. But, betting on precarious people comes into direct competition with the ultra-right and would sometimes be placed in front of some values that have been based on the left.
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