The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

Put those blinders on! Mustn't see the explosive issue that threatens the survival of the French state! You know, the French state that has cradle-to-grave welfare, and 10% of their population that games that system? Oh, they also are responsible for a huge amount of crime, and no-go zones, and vicious anti-Semitic violence, not to mention a savage fixation on a revolutionary ideology that will destroy French culture and bring down the Fifth Republic!

You know...the Amish!

France's government collapses again: What could happen next?

None of the options now look appealing for Macron, from his perspective at least. And for France, the road ahead promises more of the political uncertainty that is eroding investor confidence in the European Union’s second-largest economy and is frustrating efforts to rein in France’s damaging state deficit and debts.

Domestic turmoil also risks diverting Macron’s focus from pressing international issues — wars in Gaza and Ukraine, security threats from Russia, and the muscular use of American power by U.S. President Donald Trump, to name just a few.

Gaza is a wonderful tool to placate the restive Muslims by showing them France's Jew-hating bona fides...and feeding the crocodile for a bit longer. And Ukraine diverts attention, in spite of the ridiculousness of any sort of Russian threat to France. Kiev to Paris is more than 1,200 miles. Are Russian armored columns going to rampage across central Europe and capture Paris?

France's political structure is flawed, and it has been in chaos for a very long time. de Gaulle was able to hold it together, and he was still reviled by huge numbers of Frenchmen. The president has a huge amount of power, which is why Macron can hold on in spite of an approval rating under 20%. He's not going anywhere until the next national election in 2027, but don't think anything earthshaking will come then...they have already disqualified Marine Le Pen!

France has a massive welfare state that is crumbling in large part because of immigration. It has a sclerotic and oppressive regulatory state that stifles innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. It has a voting population that is hell-bent on protecting its pensions and retirement, at the expense of everything around them.

And Macron's response to all of this has been to pander to the globalists and the Islamists in his midst, all in service of his fanatical desire to retain power.

Sound familiar? He is a more competent and less senile Joe Biden! Or Hillary Clinton!

France will not recover unless the people of France reject the status quo and embrace change the way America, Italy, Japan, and a few other countries have. And that will probably not happen!

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posted by CBD at 11:00 AM

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