I don’t want to romanticize the French economy or French society, both of which have plenty of problems. And liberals who like to imagine that we could neutralize the anger of the white working class by raising wages and strengthening the social safety net should know that France, whose policies are to the left of U.S. progressives’ wildest dreams, has its own ugly white nationalist movement, albeit not as powerful as ours.
Still, at a time when Republicans denounce as destructive “socialism” any effort to make America less unequal, it’s worth knowing that the economy of France — which isn’t socialist but comes far closer to socialism than anything Democrats might propose — is doing pretty well.
Testing a new communication tool called @OnBeeper which aggregates all messaging apps:
“Getir”, “Gorilla”, etc. — come back to me when these groceries-delivery startups crash in <12 months because they thought we couldn’t go to the local butcher/grocer/supermarket by ourselves…
Things to look forward to in the next 17 days:
Lunar New Year
work trip
my 31st bday
my wife’s 31st bday
our relationship anniversary
our wedding anniversary
See y’all in March!
What a beautiful cold Sunday morning to plan a double feature at the cinema
I don’t necessarily agree with all the points made here, but some things are worth pointing out…
‘Every member of Forbes’s 2021 cryptobillionaires list is a man. A third of them attended Stanford or Harvard. Out of the 12 listed, only one isn’t white. The web3 narrative feels like a TEDx talk given to a survivalist group.’
