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Why The French Riots Are Coming To The Rest Of Europe Soon
The weekend saw an intensity of rioting that shocked even a French public that is very used to street protests as a way of life. President Donald Trump said that it was all about immigration - but then that's what he says about any problem on the continent of Europe. The reality is that it's a combination of popular discontent, a hard crash of public expectations versus massive government debt, and also the deliberate stoking of the fires by malign external forces. All those factors are influencing most European countries right now - arguably France is just the canary in the coal mine. Let's…
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