He would do that, now, wouldn’t he.

Contributing to this choice [of socialism] is a figure whose omnipresence is decisive, although very subtle and practically invisible in the political game. At strategic moments, he has skillfully manipulated his power and influence through gestures more than through words. Those public gestures are well registered in photos. As the saying goes: “A picture is worth a thousand words.”

That personage manipulating for the left is His Holiness, Pope Bergoglio, Jesuit and Argentine… He has been affirming his preferences in Argentine politics by the way he receives politicians of that country at the Vatican.

See Francis. See Francis show smiles and relaxation when with the Socialist, gloom and desolation when with the conservative.

The Socialist:

The conservative:

As for the “Argentine Marxist leader, . . . pro-homosexual, pro-abortion, pro-gender ideology and pro-communist terrorism,” butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth.

And the conservative Macri couple, he’s downright funereal:

Come on, Francis! A bit of a smile for the misguided traditionalist?

What a guy.

via Francis Helps Return Socialism to Argentina by Patricio Padilla, Ecuador

Go south, old fellows and ladies.

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Out of a splendid blog posting jumps this allegation:

Brexiters are often said to be motivated by utopian enthusiasm, in the word’s doubly pejorative sense: their dream is impossible, and yet (or and so) they have a near-religious belief in its potential to deliver a new society

Why jumped out? Because that is what’s often said of Socialists, n’est-ce pas?

via Mad Max Style | LRB