Many thanks to Ava Lon for translating this op-ed from the Breton-French patriotic website Breizh-info:

Laurent Obertone: “France has once again chosen the party of the Titanic”

May 9, 2017

The successful writer Laurent Obertone — whose next book, which promises to be shocking, comes out on September 21, still published by Ring — reacted to the election of Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, May 7, 2017, on his Facebook page.

Here is what he said:

Dear readers,

The fall of Big Brother is therefore postponed. France has once again chosen the party of the Titanic. Do not draw exaggerated conclusions: a vote is not an intellectual exercise.

If identity philosophy and anti-system thinking predominates, basically the voter is first and foremost a reptile consumer, who largely follows his instinct replaced by the advertising hype: Macron-economy-good-me-have-to-eat-still / Le Pen-economy-bad-me-fear-difficult.

This election is the defeat of a majority that was mostly deceived.

Do not waste your time insulting your compatriots: not long ago, this conditioning had hold of most of us. This is now evolving.

The battle of ideas is won, but not the battle of conditioning, means and power.

The disappointment that will follow the election of Macron will be considerable. The “COEXIST”, here and elsewhere, will shatter itself on the wall of reality. Immigration, replacement and insecurity will become central and unavoidable issues. The gulf between identities and morals will continue to widen. It is inevitable, and this election is only one step in the process.