The narcissistic fall of France. Is the country really on the brink of civil war?. BY MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ

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[–]proc0 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

They've done it before. You would think politicians would respect their own history. This article is garbage, the author doesn't even know how to quote people and makes shit up.

The 45% of French people who believe, on the other hand, in impending civil war help to show (and it is almost sweet) that France remains a nation of braggarts.

If it does happen, i hope journalists like this get their heads cut off. America and France stand for freedom, as history has shown.

[–]Chipit[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You don't know who Houellebecq is, do you? He's a highly influential writer who has written several novels that hit the nail on the head of France's problems, several years ahead of their time.

[–]proc0 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Well the article is badly written, but I guess it's been translated or something. I'll have to look it up.

Ok, from a wiki quote supposedly from him, " I am part of the France which votes for Macron, because I am too rich to vote for Le Pen or Mélenchon"... I'm guessing this makes him one of the elites, and we know what happened to them during the French revolution.

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Houellebecq writes from the perspective of the little guy, since he was a nobody for ages until he had a hit novel about ten years ago. I guess you just don't like him for whatever reason, and think he's the enemy. He is anything but.