{"id":686441,"date":"2026-10-14T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=686441"},"modified":"2026-10-14T20:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:40:00","slug":"i-come-from-your-future-a-frenchmans-warning-to-all-americans-voting-democrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=686441","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Come From Your Future&#8221;: A Frenchman&#8217;s Warning To All Americans Voting Democrat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">&#8220;I Come From Your Future&#8221;: A Frenchman&#8217;s Warning To All Americans Voting Democrat<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><strong>France&#8217;s welfare-state promises are colliding with a bill<\/strong> that keeps getting bigger. Far-left radicals rioting, fiscal crisis, and political uncertainty are exposing the upper limits of a system built on handouts, heavy taxation, uncontrolled borrowing, and mass migration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/HToCWhjXkAAgnLo.jpg\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/HToCWhjXkAAgnLo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"a6c1485c-92be-42ce-bfb3-cdc3a3d77f4c\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/HToCWhjXkAAgnLo.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For American voters heading into the midterms in the next several weeks, the <strong>warning from France is worth considering as far-left Democratic Socialist of America gains power within the Democratic Party<\/strong>:\u00a0Promises of more and more and more government handouts come with consequences, just as France is finding out the hard way today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As President Emmanuel <strong>Macron ends his term in crisis<\/strong>, right-wing\u00a0Marine Le Pen is positioning herself as the savior candidate as <strong>France&#8217;s finances rapidly deteriorate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/economics\/french-bonds-rally-le-pen-unveils-shadow-budget-pull-france-back-fiscal-brink\">shadow budget proposes<\/a> shrinking the deficit\u00a0to 3.7% of economic output next year, well below the government&#8217;s 5% target, before bringing it to 2.2% by 2032. Savings would come largely from <strong>spending cuts, lower transfers to the EU and reduced migrant spending.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The proposals come as high uncertainty clouds the political landscape and <strong>deteriorating public finances<\/strong> drive up France&#8217;s borrowing costs. Le Pen has warned\u00a0that maintaining the current <strong>spending\u00a0trajectory risks a default crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">it&#8217;s been a while since we had a European sovereign debt crisis *FRANCE-GERMANY 10-YEAR YIELD SPREAD WIDENS 8BPS TO 135BPS France CDS widest in 13 years <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9opJUmD2uS\">https:\/\/t.co\/9opJUmD2uS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 zerohedge (@zerohedge) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zerohedge\/status\/2105661789451247904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <strong>size of the welfare state helps put things into proportion<\/strong>. Public spending has topped\u00a057.3% of France&#8217;s economic output in 2025, the second-highest share in the European Union. Public debt is projected to reach 120% of GDP in 2027, behind only Greece and Italy among EU members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Higher borrowing costs make funding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/welfare-state-meets-mr-bond-market-rising-yields-put-socialisms-promises-borrowed-time\">welfare increasingly impossible<\/a>.\u00a0Spending more on debt service leaves the government less flexibility to fund services,\u00a0absorb economic shocks, or deliver the next round of handout promises as services continue to degrade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/the-market-ear\/france-imploding-energy-surging-and-markets-arent-panicking-yet\"><em>France Is Imploding, Energy Is Surging&#8230; And Markets Aren&#8217;t Panicking. Yet.<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The choices of what the government has proposed\u00a0become increasingly uncomfortable:\u00a0higher taxes, spending cuts, or still more borrowing\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That is the backdrop to a <strong>warning described by\u00a0French technology entrepreneur Brivael Le Pogam<\/strong>, co-founder of AI video startup Argil, aimed at Americans considering voting Democrat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I come from your future,&#8221;<\/strong> he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>In the warning letter to America, he said <strong>France already embraced many of the policies American progressives promote, only to discover that more and more government handouts don&#8217;t translate into the socialist utopia<\/strong> politicians pitched; in fact, quite the opposite.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The promise was protection. <u><strong>The result is stagnation<\/strong><\/u>,&#8221; Le Pogam wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Le Pogam wrote:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>I&#8217;m French. I want to talk to Americans who are about to vote Democrat. Not to insult you. To warn you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I come from your future.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>In France we did everything your progressive politicians promise. <strong>Free healthcare, free college, generous welfare, strong unions, heavy regulation, high taxes on the rich<\/strong>, a state that takes care of everything. Public spending close to 57% of GDP, one of the highest on the planet. On paper, it&#8217;s the dream.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Here&#8217;s what it looks like from the inside. France hasn&#8217;t passed a balanced budget since 1974. Our debt is above 3,300 billion euros. Interest on that debt is becoming one of the biggest items in the national budget. <strong>Our hospitals are collapsing<\/strong> despite record funding. Our schools rank lower every year. Young people with degrees can&#8217;t afford an apartment in the city they were born in. <strong>Our best engineers leave for London, Zurich and San Francisco<\/strong>. And the rich you wanted to tax? They left too, and took the jobs with them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The promise was protection. <strong><u>The result is stagnation.<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The worst part is that nobody in France voted for decline<\/strong>. Every single step sounded generous, compassionate, reasonable. One more program. One more regulation. One more tax to fund it. Each step alone makes sense. Fifty years of them, and you wake up in a country that can no longer build a nuclear plant on time or keep its streets safe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I love America<\/strong> because it&#8217;s the one place on earth where people still believe they can build something from nothing. I came to Silicon Valley as a self-taught kid and it changed my life. That spirit is the most precious thing your country has.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Before you vote, ask yourself one question: is the program you&#8217;re voting for making America more like America, or more like France?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Trust me. You don&#8217;t want to be France.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">I\u2019m French. I want to talk to Americans who are about to vote Democrat. Not to insult you. To warn you. I come from your future. In France we did everything your progressive politicians promise. Free healthcare, free college, generous welfare, strong unions, heavy regulation, high taxes on the rich, a state that takes care of everything. Public spending close to 57% of GDP, one of the highest on the planet. On paper, it\u2019s the dream. Here\u2019s what it looks like from the inside. France hasn\u2019t passed a balanced budget since 1974. Our debt is above 3,300 billion euros. Interest on that debt is becoming one of the biggest items in the national budget. Our hospitals are collapsing despite record funding. Our schools rank lower every year. Young people with degrees can\u2019t afford an apartment in the city they were born in. Our best engineers leave for London, Zurich and San Francisco. And the rich you wanted to tax? They left too, and took the jobs with them. The promise was protection. The result is stagnation. The worst part is that nobody in France voted for decline. Every single step sounded generous, compassionate, reasonable. One more program. One more regulation. One more tax to fund it. Each step alone makes sense. Fifty years of them, and you wake up in a country that can no longer build a nuclear plant on time or keep its streets safe. I love America because it\u2019s the one place on earth where people still believe they can build something from nothing. I came to Silicon Valley as a self-taught kid and it changed my life. That spirit is the most precious thing your country has. Before you vote, ask yourself one question: is the program you\u2019re voting for making America more like America, or more like France? Trust me. You don\u2019t want to be France.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brivael Le Pogam (@brivael) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brivael\/status\/2110023149064507674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Le Pogam wrote in a <strong>second warning:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>My post about France went viral. Thousands of likes. Many Americans told me: &#8220;Democrats aren&#8217;t socialists. America will never be France.&#8221; I want to answer that seriously, step by step.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Start with a simple observation<\/strong>. Look at what has gotten cheaper in America over the last 25 years: TVs, phones, software, clothes, toys. Now look at what has exploded: college tuition, healthcare, childcare, housing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What separates the two lists? The first lives in competitive markets. <strong>The second is exactly where government is most involved: subsidies, mandates, licensing, zoning, regulation.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>College. <strong>Washington lends students almost unlimited money<\/strong>. Universities know the money will always come, so they raise tuition and hire more administrators. The student pays the bill for twenty years. More government money, higher prices.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Housing<\/strong>. Why can&#8217;t a nurse buy a home in the city where she works? Not because of capitalism. <strong>Because of zoning laws, permits, environmental reviews, years of procedure to build a single building.<\/strong> The most expensive places to live in America are the places where it&#8217;s hardest to build. When building is nearly illegal, prices explode.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Healthcare<\/strong>. The patient almost never sees the price. A third party pays, regulations limit who can compete, and costs climb year after year with no one able to say no.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>So here is the trap<\/strong>. The problems you suffer from are not the failure of free markets. They are the places where the market has already been replaced by the state. And the solution you&#8217;re being offered is more of the same.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>That&#8217;s the Trojan horse<\/strong>. It always works the same way. A real problem. A generous-sounding promise. A program that makes things worse. Then the failure of that program becomes the argument for the next one. People who lived under communism in Poland learned to recognize the lie and the mask the lie wears. The lie never presents itself as a lie. It presents itself as compassion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>In France we are at the end of that road.<\/strong> Debt we can never repay. Young people who can&#8217;t afford a home. Our best people leaving. And every few years our cities burn. Nobody voted for this. They voted for one more generous promise, fifty years in a row.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you&#8217;re a Republican, share this with the Democrat in your life. Not to win an argument. To start a conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you&#8217;re a Democrat, I&#8217;m not asking you to switch teams. I&#8217;m asking you to look at the pattern. Wherever the state took over, life became unaffordable. Don&#8217;t fix the failures of government with more government.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay American. Ask for less state, not more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">My post about France went viral. Thousands of likes. Many Americans told me: &#8220;Democrats aren&#8217;t socialists. America will never be France.&#8221; I want to answer that seriously, step by step. Start with a simple observation. Look at what has gotten cheaper in America over the last 25 years: TVs, phones, software, clothes, toys. Now look at what has exploded: college tuition, healthcare, childcare, housing. What separates the two lists? The first lives in competitive markets. The second is exactly where government is most involved: subsidies, mandates, licensing, zoning, regulation. College. Washington lends students almost unlimited money. Universities know the money will always come, so they raise tuition and hire more administrators. The student pays the bill for twenty years. More government money, higher prices. Housing. Why can&#8217;t a nurse buy a home in the city where she works? Not because of capitalism. Because of zoning laws, permits, environmental reviews, years of procedure to build a single building. The most expensive places to live in America are the places where it&#8217;s hardest to build. When building is nearly illegal, prices explode. Healthcare. The patient almost never sees the price. A third party pays, regulations limit who can compete, and costs climb year after year with no one able to say no. So here is the trap. The problems you suffer from are not the failure of free markets. They are the places where the market has already been replaced by the state. And the solution you&#8217;re being offered is more of the same. That&#8217;s the Trojan horse. It always works the same way. A real problem. A generous-sounding promise. A program that makes things worse. Then the failure of that program becomes the argument for the next one. People who lived under communism in Poland learned to recognize the lie and the mask the lie wears. The lie never presents itself as a lie. It presents itself as compassion. In France we are at the end of that road. Debt we can never repay. Young people who can&#8217;t afford a home. Our best people leaving. And every few years our cities burn. Nobody voted for this. They voted for one more generous promise, fifty years in a row. If you&#8217;re a Republican, share this with the Democrat in your life. Not to win an argument. To start a conversation. If you&#8217;re a Democrat, I&#8217;m not asking you to switch teams. I&#8217;m asking you to look at the pattern. Wherever the state took over, life became unaffordable. Don&#8217;t fix the failures of government with more government. Stay American. Ask for less state, not more.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brivael Le Pogam (@brivael) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brivael\/status\/2110072284740288767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The worst part is that no sound person voted for this Western decline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Wed, 10\/14\/2026 &#8211; 16:40<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/HToCWhjXkAAgnLo.jpg\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I Come From Your Future&#8221;: A Frenchman&#8217;s Warning To All Americans Voting Democrat France&#8217;s welfare-state promises are colliding with a bill that keeps getting bigger. 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