r/melenchon • u/Kiroen • Apr 23 '17
I'm not French, but If you allow me to say something: this isn't the end of anything, but the start
I know it hurts to be out of the race, specially when it was this close, but besides the loss, you have won at something: you've proven that the return of France to the values of liberté, égalité et fraternité is possible and quite alive. Now it's time to build and expand a web of conscious citizens that defend that project. Study the situation and learn from it.
I don't live in France, but from what I smell on internet you've had many of the stumbles that had Sanders and Podemos: your ideas have grown so fast that you don't have enough organized citizens in the streets to defend them in the everyday discussions, and once the stablishment has attacked back, you simply had no muscle. Mélenchon and his team may have been able to make an extraordinary campaign - on the next one hundreds of thousands of common people must give it the final push and win it on the backstage.
In the past days I've seen several threads on /r/france and /r/europe that went like this: common users explained their concerns and fears with Mélenchon (some out of ignorance, others simply echoing the argumentary of the private media), and no one replied back. But it's logical. Most of the support for Mélenchon has been born out of both disappointment with the status quo and strong sparks of hope - what comes next are study and activism. The neoliberals have been sharping their stances for decades and they have representatives in all the private media, and most people have accepted their premises. You must offer consistent alternatives and be there - DON'T let the stablishment to reply in your place.
Salud y República.