The Riots in France Show Up the Dangerous Fiction That Public Spending and ‘Integration’ Create a Peaceful Society

 "The riots in France have shown up the Leftist claim that enough public spending and 'integration' will produce a happy, peaceful society as a dangerous fiction. But is anyone paying attention, asks Matt Roberts."

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The Riots in France Show Up the Dangerous Fiction That Public Spending and 'Integration' Create a Peaceful Society – The Daily Sceptic   

. . . "We are addressing all of these problems and many more with solutions invented around 1945, and the problems themselves look very different than they did 80 years ago. Worse, many of the solutions we are applying are based on conviction and ideology, not on even the evidence of the intervening decades. Why should we continue to expect that the solutions will work, especially when we can look to Paris and see that they have not? In all likelihood, France will settle down again next weekend, or in the near future. Even when it does, it would be a mistake to breathe a sigh of relief and continue with business as usual. There is an opportunity finally to learn from the event and set about correcting the misconceptions that are at the heart of Western governments." . . .