France General Discussion II: Living under Marxism

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Hollande unveiled his tax plan yesterday.

After the worrying hesitations of the past weeks, this doesn't seem too bad. The main burden will really be on the wealthier, with a progressive taxation of capital gains, a cap in tax loopholes, a rise in the weath tax and in the highest income tax brackets.

Still, however, it fails to address the structural issues of the French taxation system. Sigh...

And I hear the richest guy in France has applied for Belgian citizenship.

To put it with Libération: Casse-toi, riche con.

[Insula Dei]

Thanks

Oui, je suis français (d'origine italienne, mais je n'en parle pas un mot).

C'est vrai? Alors ça c'est incroyable! Bienvenue en tout cas.

Moi, je ne saurais que repeter plus ou moins literalement les mots de Antonio pour te souhaiter bienvenue, Gino. Alors, je t'epargnai cette repetition fatiguante,...

[Insula Dei]

Horrible news day:

Neo-Nazi skinhead thugs brutally murdered a SciencesPo student and antifascist activist. Words cannot express how horrible and utterly disgusting/revolting this is.
http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2013/06/06/l-auteur-presume-de-l-agression-contre-clement-meric-interpelle_3425537_3224.html
http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2013/06/06/clement-meric-eleve-modele-tue-pour-ses-idees_3425609_3224.html

If this government had balls, it should immediately dissolve all fascist groups and lock up all of their thugs and murderers. Or better yet, immediate drone strikes on their hideouts. The far-right is a cancer which must be eradicated;

Seems to me it was a gang fight that ended tragically.  From the telegraph.

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So some antifa (not exactly known for their peaceful ways) go into a clothing store known to be a hangout for asshats on the far right and a fight breaks out.  The skinheads offer to take it outside, the antifa agree.  A fight ensues.  During the fight this kid gets hit with a weapon and collapses onto a post, killing him.

Now, I'm not saying the skinheads are good people.  I'm not saying you shouldn't want them gone from your society.  I'm just saying that:
A.this wasn't a "brutal murder"
II.it was a gang fight that turned into a tragedy.  Sure, it was a politically motivated gang fight, it was still just a gang fight.  Gang fights usually involve two groups of people, which leads me to...
3.It seems the entire fiasco was instigated by the antifas, what with them going into enemy territory as a group and all...I'm guessing they weren't there to invite them to tea and crumpets. (yeah,  I know)


Unless the story is being grossly misrepresented in favor of the skinhead, which I'm just not seeing.

Er, no, the antifascists were selling Fred Perry clothes (which as it turns out are pretty popular with both extremes of the political spectrum) and were harassed by skinheads, who later returned to attack them.