Macron didn’t convince many people. He was elected by default, as a result of both “main” candidates becoming essentially lost causes (on the right because of scandals, on the left because the primary voters chose an unexpected candidate that pretty much nobody in his own party wanted to support).
I voted myself for Macron for lack of any other sensible option. I seriously envisioned voting instead for a candidate mostly known for singing traditional regional songs in the parliament and voicing the issues of Pyrenean shepherds (but I’m fully convinced a very ethical individual, authentically concerned by the well being of the common people) and who didn’t even have a platform nor an organized campaign.
I believe Macron is part of these people who are convinced that a very small minority of people, in particular entrepreneurs and businessmen, are pulling all the weight while the rest of the population is mostly undeserving, bordering on the parasitic. All his reforms are intended to put an end to the unjustified privileges he thinks various social categories enjoy and prevent the deserving from enriching themselves as a just reward for leading us all towards a bright future. He is also certain, in my opinion, that he has a monopoly on the truth that probably justify in his mind both his arrogance and his lack of interest in the concerns voiced by the people who just aren’t intelligent enough to understand that their best interest and their proper place in life is working as a waiter for minimum wage while he and his peers take care of things.