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Hmm... :unsure: Anyone else think the French may be the first to have a "Caesarist" revolution? Not that I think everything will collapse tomorrow, but there's more than enough tinder there for France to explode within the next couple decades.

Never said I wished it; just that I thought it was likely. Even if it still happened, that might actually be worse for France than letting Macron remain in power unscathed. For one, not only would assassinating him make him a martyr, it'd also enable the French government to crack down even...

Well, whatever the case, I guess criminals aren't the only ones who don't give a shit about gun laws. If anything, religious fanatics who'd gladly die for their faith (much less flip the bird to European gun prohibitions) sound even more dangerous, especially since they actively want to...

Quite a heady academic article there, so won't be finishing it any time soon! 😉 Thanks for the tip-off, though. As I said, seems the arms-trafficking business via former Warsaw Pact states is thriving throughout Europe. Whatever else, gun control doesn't seem to be particularly effective at...

Hmm… :unsure: As an American, I may have this on the brain too much, but looks to me like arms trafficking from neighbors who've had their fair share of post-WWII wars (read: Eastern Europe) may render gun control increasingly useless. Last time I checked, the PPS is a Soviet model favored by...

I've said it before, but repeating it for everyone else's benefit: If we get a Crypto-Anarchist renaissance over the next few decades, odds are Macron's crackdowns will be what catalyzed it. Because honestly, an upswing in French cypherpunks wouldn't be the strangest thing we'll see in our...

Because that'll simply trigger more riots and anti-police terror attacks, I'm guessing? Probably won't do that, either. Then again, France seems to be the most overly "crackdown-happy" of Western European countries to me, so they may surprise me by shuttering the borders when I least expect...

Americans, 2020: "Man, those Summer Riots were something else!" Frenchmen, 2023: "Hold my wine and baguette."