Good to see you! Yes, the 'Nuit Debout' protestors have really turned on the charm offensive. Bobo Parisians are apparently at their wits' ends, their million-dollar digs becoming garbage dumps full of punks à chien.
Please let me know what you think. I am serious when I say that I think these two concepts (one-way tear gas, crisis actors amid "live ammo) are not only doable, but necessary (especially the first one).
As effective as they would no doubt be, the reason I think these could never work in France today is simple: Like in most Western countries, our leaders have lost their balls. This type of vandalism and attacking cops would have once been met with public hangings. But the political sphere is so deeply feminized at this point that appeasement and hand-wringing are the only solutions on offer. Short of a virile, no-bullshit Trump-like leader on this side of the pond, I don't see any end to the slow slide into anarcho-tyranny.
Sorry to be so pessimistic today! Hope your trip to France is fruitful. Don't forget that the SNCF is announcing regular rolling strikes soon to come, in reaction to Hollande's 49-3 pushing through of the labor law. So plan ahead.
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Arturo--
Good to see you! Yes, the 'Nuit Debout' protestors have really turned on the charm offensive. Bobo Parisians are apparently at their wits' ends, their million-dollar digs becoming garbage dumps full of punks à chien.
Please let me know what you think. I am serious when I say that I think these two concepts (one-way tear gas, crisis actors amid "live ammo) are not only doable, but necessary (especially the first one).
As effective as they would no doubt be, the reason I think these could never work in France today is simple: Like in most Western countries, our leaders have lost their balls. This type of vandalism and attacking cops would have once been met with public hangings. But the political sphere is so deeply feminized at this point that appeasement and hand-wringing are the only solutions on offer. Short of a virile, no-bullshit Trump-like leader on this side of the pond, I don't see any end to the slow slide into anarcho-tyranny.
Sorry to be so pessimistic today! Hope your trip to France is fruitful. Don't forget that the SNCF is announcing regular rolling strikes soon to come, in reaction to Hollande's 49-3 pushing through of the labor law. So plan ahead.
Bon courage, tu en auras besoin!
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