Paris, France Photo Credit: Pedro Lastra / Unsplash (CC0) By F. Andrew Wolf, Jr. “The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.” — Charles de Gaulle Baguettes, croissants, the Eiffel Tower, a “welfare system to die for,” vin et fromage à l’infini – cliches are built on degrees of truth, but you can’t live on them–forever. There is no substitute for reality, and the French need a taste of it.
Macron And The French Identity Crisis
Macron And The French Identity Crisis
Macron And The French Identity Crisis
Paris, France Photo Credit: Pedro Lastra / Unsplash (CC0) By F. Andrew Wolf, Jr. “The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.” — Charles de Gaulle Baguettes, croissants, the Eiffel Tower, a “welfare system to die for,” vin et fromage à l’infini – cliches are built on degrees of truth, but you can’t live on them–forever. There is no substitute for reality, and the French need a taste of it.