Riots in Paris: The continuing crises of statism
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When Marx called the French government “a joint-stock company for the exploitation of France’s national wealth” on behalf of the bourgeois elite and at the expense of production and commerce (”Class Struggles in France“), he was only echoing what libertarians had been saying for decades.
…with background info on causes of the recent Paris riots:
Eric, a 22-year-old in Clichy-sous-Bois born in France to Moroccan parents, said police target young people with dark skin. He said he has been unable to find full-time work for two years and that the riots were a demonstration of suburban solidarity.
“People are joining together to say we’ve had enough,†he said. He refused to give his surname, saying that talking to reporters was poorly regarded in his neighbourhood.
“We live in ghettos,†he added. “Everyone lives in fear.â€
Because tyranny is so at odds with human nature, statism is more unstable than a mature anarchist society would be. Statism creates its own crises. It is self-destructive as it is, by definition, violence. Violent backlashes, such as we see in Paris, are its natural consequence.
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