http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/171 the bottom of the rabbit hole Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:53:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/171/comment-page-1#comment-2222 BradSpangler.com » Blog Archive » French riots: What is to be done? Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:30:10 +0000 http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/171#comment-2222 [...] Root causes of the Paris riots [...] [...] Root causes of the Paris riots [...]

]]> http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/171/comment-page-1#comment-2136 BradSpangler.com » Blog Archive » Paris riots: immigration is not the problem Sun, 06 Nov 2005 09:13:25 +0000 http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/171#comment-2136 [...] With the continuing nonsensical claims by reactionary forces that the Paris riots are supposedly caused by “Muslim extremism” and immigration, I feel compelled to keep pointing out that, actually, the Paris riots have been caused by statism. As I said before: The modern nation state requires, and typically creates, a violent urban underclass. The growth of that underclass is a result of state socialist / state capitalist / fascist public policy. The existence of that underclass provides a low-grade internal threat to the middle-class that serves to bolster the mythology the State promulgates to apologize for its own existence. [...] [...] With the continuing nonsensical claims by reactionary forces that the Paris riots are supposedly caused by “Muslim extremism” and immigration, I feel compelled to keep pointing out that, actually, the Paris riots have been caused by statism. As I said before: The modern nation state requires, and typically creates, a violent urban underclass. The growth of that underclass is a result of state socialist / state capitalist / fascist public policy. The existence of that underclass provides a low-grade internal threat to the middle-class that serves to bolster the mythology the State promulgates to apologize for its own existence. [...]

]]> http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/171/comment-page-1#comment-2103 Opinionated Voice Sat, 05 Nov 2005 01:58:13 +0000 http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/171#comment-2103 [...] The common-denominator here is not Islam or being Muslim, but instead economic misery, racial discrimination and provocative policing. The riots in the Paris suburbs highlights the many problems plaguing Paris, that are also prevalent in Denmark, Britain, USA and elsewhere in the rapidly changing world. Even Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy now accepts that the problems are structural. One of the better summaries I’ve read so far is by BradSpangler who writes; [...] [...] The common-denominator here is not Islam or being Muslim, but instead economic misery, racial discrimination and provocative policing. The riots in the Paris suburbs highlights the many problems plaguing Paris, that are also prevalent in Denmark, Britain, USA and elsewhere in the rapidly changing world. Even Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy now accepts that the problems are structural. One of the better summaries I’ve read so far is by BradSpangler who writes; [...]

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