[Leaning Right]

> Remembers what happen to Nicolae Ceaușescu < Yep. He tried to escape by helicopter. But he didn't quite get as far away as he wanted. Which leads to an interesting question: Ceaușescu fell only after the army deserted him. At what point (if any) would the army desert Macron?

[farming pharmer]

Ceaușescu fell only after the army deserted him. At what point (if any) would the army desert Macron?

I wonder if the army would have deserted Obama had enough protesters and protesting had come to Washington?

[Reily]

Lets not get too far out with our analogies Macron is no Ceaușescu by any stretch! If you think so you need to research Ceaușescu. If Macron flees in disgrace thats probably enough. If the 5th Republic falls I worry what gets put in its place. Whatever comes next is still going to be somewhat socialist, then French are convinced they have to have that. A Le Pen-like government if thats what they end up with is not going to see Adam Smith as anything more then a item of historical interest. Macron fleeing is another nail in the EU coffin as well as more nails in the whole Global Warming Schtick! Hopefully its all leads to confronting the real European problem - illegal immigration & non-assimilation by Muslims destroying European culture.

[Tallguy]

I think it’s going to take a lot. When their was a putsch against DeGaulle he pretty much destroyed the Legionaire units involved and their senior officers got long jail sentences. The French Army wouldn’t forget that example.