hegtor

France is not racist but the Front National is one of the most popular political parties, arriving second at the last elections. It is litterally an extreme right, openly racist party.

France has a culture of "universalism" which dates back to the Lumières period which can be seen as one of the roots to this attitude.

This cultural tendency is very visible when you compare the way France handled colonies compared to the UK : France tended to impose its value to "enlighten" colonised countries, while the UK srayed much more in the realms of economic exploitation without getting so involved in trying to impose british culture and values.

It is possible to tax unhealthy products to compensate for the toll they create on people health and subsequent costs to society. Tobacco is heavily taxed, and so is alcohol. While buying coke is close to the price of mineral water.

One versus one? When comparing a single person and a massive corporation? Or I might be missing the sarcasm there maybe

There is an interesting podcast by the bbc on this subject : https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000l7q1/episodes/downloads