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| A Paris mural (after Delacroix) in support of the Gilets-Jaunes, many of whom were right-wing and racist. |
The French Revolution did not bring
liberty, equality or fraternity to France.
The police are still part of the army
and unaccountable.
Indeed, liberty has been granted only
since the EU was formed,
while equality and fraternity will probably never arrive.
"Contre nous de la tyrannie" runs the third line of the Marseillaise. But it doesn't take a Proudhon to observe that all governments are tyrants, not just militarist ones...
see the-persistence-of-the-old-regime and tolerate the mis-spelling of 'racked' in the blurb;
also my blog of 14th March.
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