Well Macron was not defeated, I mean his party lost in the parliament but he won for president, so nothing wrong here (sadly)

But yeah, democracy is not really a thing anywhere, but my point is, where is it safer to speak out against the government, Germany, France or the US? Or in Russia, Iran or North Korea?

For all of its problems, the US and Europe still have due legal process, in Russia people got 15 year sentences for holding a sign protesting against the war, big difference in my view.