Our Prophets Are Always Wrong: A Tribute to French Wishful Thinking
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Why does the French elite consistently predict the opposite of what will happen? If our editorialists were meteorologists, we would be going out in flip-flops during storms and wearing winter coats in the middle of summer. But rest assured: they don't predict the weather, only elections. Which is just as well, because no one seems to hold it against them for being consistently wrong. Was Milei supposed to collapse in Argentina? He's triumphing. Kamala Harris elected in a landslide? Trump is coming back. Brexit impossible? 52% for Leave. At this point, one wonders if we shouldn't systematically bet against their predictions. It would be statistically more profitable than a savings account. But no: after each fiasco, the same people pick up their pens, their microphones, and their confidence. Because they are never really wrong. It is the people who vote badly.
Even if France is far from being an exception when it comes to wishful thinking, the phenomenon confirms that ridicule does not kill!
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