“ The most French thing I’ve ever seen ” was a couple sipping wine in a sidewalk café, probably discussing Jean-Paul Sartre, while a fire started by protesters raged on the other side of the boulevard. Disappointingly, the video posted on X was from three years ago, but it suited the moment last week. As their national anthem contains the phrase, “ Aux armes, citoyens! ,” don’t be surprised if, quite regularly, young French people decide to reenact revolutionary scenes. As I write, French schools are burning —set ablaze by high schoolers who say they want more investment in education but for some reason think they can achieve this by filling the streets with garbage, setting it on fire, waving Palestinian flags, and clashing with the police.
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