I am hearing really scary things in the wake of the beheading of that teacher. Is Macron starting an all out persecution campaign against Muslims?

I'd especially appreciate input by French chapos.

  • Blarglefargle [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Post WW1 French politics was, to be blunt, w massive dumpster fire. While there was a huge far right movement there was also a huge leftist movement as well, that got bogged down by that most famous of Bear bugs, leftist infighting up until even the last Weeks before the Nazis took Paris. It’s really fascinating deep dive if you get the time.

    • Oxbinder [any]
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      4 years ago

      Center left (?) Socialist Daladier stepped down as PM today in 1933, after compromising many socialist advances (40 hour week, Saturday as an off work day) because he understood what Hitler was up to, and knew the France was a creampuff. He wanted 3,000 warplanes, which might have dampened the Blitz or even prevented the attempt, but the banks wouldn't lend him the money because they were afraid of the very thing Daladier was working to prevent- war with Germany.

        • Oxbinder [any]
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          4 years ago

          only wikipedia . But there's something about that photo of Daladier. For one thing, it's the only one I've seen where his hair is white, or grey. He's in need of a haircut, and his briefcase looks as if it's only got maybe two sheets of papier in it. He's wearing a double -breasted suit and what looks like, my god, a bowler. He's on a completely different wavelength than those other pols around him, and he's looking at the camera, as if he's looking into the future at us.