One day I asked the homeless person in my neighborhood with whom I regularly discuss life and dogs, who he voted for. His answer, chiseled with intelligence, still leaves me speechless: “I vote for the right in France, the left in Europe and the far left in the world.” It’s all in this very clear distinction between the three spaces that is never made in France. It is the confusion of the three that engenders the intellectual disarray and political impotence in which this country finds itself. Let’s start again in reverse.
Yes, globally, capitalism that has become financial and expansionist monetary policy have inflated real estate prices and stock market assets. This capitalism no longer ensures healthy and solid growth, nor a fair distribution of its fruits. The billionaires of the 1% have accumulated immense fortunes but the middle classes, feeling cheated, are distancing themselves from democracy and voting for populists.
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