Give me a moment to wax on about the current state of the Fran | Culture War Room

Give me a moment to wax on about the current state of the France.

While the protestors march on (and set more cars, police stations, and Aldis on fire), their indignation flaring at the Macron administration, it is impossible to dismiss their grievances as entirely without merit.

The French government, maintaining a legacy of preceding administrations, has recurrently turned a blind eye to the hardship endured by the impoverished, the forsaken, and a fraction of its population that comprises migrants—those belonging to the second and third generation—whose integration has been managed haphazardly, to say the least.

This subgroup, the unfortunate legacy of France's colonial ventures in the regions of North Africa, has been consigned to a subpar citizenship tier for the better part of decades.

Yet, the dissent now taking form in the streets of France, labelled with the precarious moniker of "mostly peaceful", teeters precariously close to the precipice of a civil conflict, a damning testament to a law enforcement system driven to its limits and still found lacking. Such displays of civic discord, though possibly sprouting from justified roots, may inadvertently provide fertile grounds for French nationalists, which is kind of hilarious in a tragicomic kind of way because it doesn't end well for anyone.

These nationalist entities, poised like eagles on the watch, could leverage this unrest to dethrone the extant regime, vying for a new dispensation that prioritizes order above pandemonium, and those with a bone-deep love for France above those who hold its citizenship as a mere legality, devoid of the affection for the nation.

This scenario, while speculative, reflects an inescapable truth—the repercussions of civil unrest are often as unpredictable as they are volatile.