Re:Francis Fukuyama: Paths to Depolarization
by southerntofu on Saturday August 13, 2022 @06:16AM
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I challenge you to go to anywhere that's not obviously a civil war and say that they're at each other's throats.
That argument makes no sense: a lot of people have very exotic tourism in Paris, New York, or in Guadeloupe. Yet for those who look beyond the surface the situation is shocking and on the right day of BLM / gilets jaunes protests you may believe the entire society has lost their shit (when in fact it's just the logical conclusion of a tiny minority of officials/businesses exploiting the entire population).
That argument makes no sense: a lot of people have very exotic tourism in Paris, New York, or in Guadeloupe. Yet for those who look beyond the surface the situation is shocking and on the right day of BLM / gilets jaunes protests you may believe the entire society has lost their shit (when in fact it's just the logical conclusion of a tiny minority of officials/businesses exploiting the entire population).
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome