Some people really don’t like the idea of working!
Wednesday, 9 May 2007 by Jacob Tomaw
Bastille Circle, originally uploaded by flatiron32.
Above is a picture of Place de la Bastille, where angry little socialists have been showing how they value personal property rights for the last two nights. This demonstration comes on the heels of Nicolas Sarkozy being elected the 23rd President of the Republic of France (8th of the Fifth). Sarkozy want to unleash the economic power that France has displayed in the past by removing some of the social safety net and labor laws. You might call it Americanization.
I am sure I disagree with almost everything Socialist Party chief Francois Hollande wants politically, but he said something very important about our (France’s and that of these United States) form of government, i.e. the republic.
“We are in a republic, where universal suffrage is the only law we know. There can be disappointment, there can be anger, there can be frustration. But the only way to react is to take up your ballots, not other weapons.”
We among the few states where sovereign individuals have been able to choose their form of Government. Generally we are proud of the fact that power transfers peacfully in our republics, I think education is part of Sarkozy’s plan also.