| The Situation In France [message #54825] |
Sun, 06 November 2005 06:15  |
elektratig
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The mainstream media is devoid of meaningful information explaining what's really going on. I'm linking the best article, by a wide margin, that I've found providing background and context. This wave of violence may pass, but France seems to be in real trouble. The French have allowed this problem to build and fester for forty years; solutions are unclear, and to the extent they exist, the French lack the political will to implement them; and the medium- and long-term demographics are scary.
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| Re: The Situation In France [message #54827 is a reply to message #54826] |
Sun, 06 November 2005 09:24  |
Manualblock
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Interesting. I am always wary of anecdotal descriptions of large subjects like crime and poverty. To reduce these huge issues to a few personal stories of incidents of note seems to betray the authenticity of the experience.
The point of the aricle and I did read it in toto addresses the real issue which is you create a situation where you import large numbers of workers to defray the cost of labor but the reality is you only import potential trouble. We will see this here in the actions of the massive numbers of illegals that will turn on us the minute their livelihoods are threatened.
When you save that 50c on towels in Wal-Mart you spend 4$ on the health care for that worker who is not making enough money to pay for it themselves.
To support their lifestyle the French have become the victims of simple economics. Same thing happened in Rome 2000 yrs ago and every age in between.
The city planning mirrors our own disatrous attempts in the 1950's to provide public housing. Makes you woder how planners cannot see that wharehousing mass numbers of people in what amounts to verticle ghettos will creat opportunities for alienation and de-cultureisation. You simply cannot create a permanent underclass without suffering the consequences. I just finished reading ,"Paris To The Moon", by Adam Gopnik.
Very enjoyable and a good description of Anglo-French differences.
Nice topic; there's lot of angles there of interest.
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| Re: Vandals: The Lyrics [message #54832 is a reply to message #54831] |
Mon, 07 November 2005 06:33 |
Manualblock
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Good one; now why didn't I think of that! I just read in the newspaper that 26.4% of all music sales goes to over 45 yrs old. The baby boomers purchase all the music. I really didn't know that.
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