[lbo-talk] Sarkozy proposes measuring 'happiness' and 'well-being' to replace the 'cult of the market'

JC Helary brandelune at gmail.com
Mon Sep 21 05:16:12 PDT 2009


On 21 sept. 2009, at 20:35, Ira Glazer wrote:


> Also, contrary to all the propaganda about Sarkozy having been
> elected with
> the vote of young people who were 'fed up with the French economic
> model, and wanted a more Anglo-Saxon one',

Where did you find that ? I'm curious.


> an analysis of the election
> results showed that the demographic that gave Sarkozy his victory were
> the elderly (especially in rural areas, if I remember correctly),
> precisely due to Sarkozy's emphasis on national identity and
> 'Frenchness'.

Indeed, it was crystal clear right after the election was over that hadn't it been for the elderly he would have lost to Royal.

Jean-Christophe Helary



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