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Vol.1 Issue 64 ÉLITE
Some took to their own Tiktok Likewise, several parodic and sarcastic
accounts to share their perspectives. videos were published by binational users
This has therefore created a state of or immigrants living in France in order to
polarization, dramatization, and confront the racism of the RN against
radicalism since everyone shares their Arabs or Africans. The uprising of the
point of view and campaigns in trend: “Are we going to return to the
different ways which can sometimes be “bled” (our homeland/country in Arabic
very violent. refers to Morocco) if the RN comes to
It must be said that one of the main power? Where users wondered if they
causes leading to the unexpected change would be safe if the RN came to power.
in the results in the second round and Expressing worry in a satirical way
the victory of the NFP was the voice of expresses the coping mechanism of young
people when faced with a serious situation.
young people. First of all, influencers
All these videos and trends aimed to
like Squeezie, one of the biggest French
confront the RN and therefore more young
Youtubers, used his platform to express
people voted left rather than right in the
the risks of the rise of the RN to power
second round, fearing the consequences of
for dual nationals or immigrants,
the arrival of the far right to power.
because of their anti-immigrant
program and racist terms used in their
speeches.
In addition, some published videos
marked the resurgence of antifascist
songs expressing total opposition to the
RN and preferring to support left-wing
parties. Since the RN draws its origins
from the revolutionary New Order
movement advocating a neo-fascist
ideology.
On the other hand, thanks to and because
of the Tiktok algorithm, the videos
appearing on the “For You Page” can
sometimes be stifling. Because it is hard to
see political ideas being imposed at the
same time and videos in huge quantities
whose strategies and goals are very
different. The risk above all is to lock
oneself into a single thought bubble of a
specific party.
July 2024, p.18
