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Police, Army
There is a difference between maintaining order and maintaining power. The army should not intervene on its own soil. It must defend the country or prevent massacres. The police must defend property and people. They must not prevent people from expressing themselves or allow rioters to destroy everything. It is not the role of the…
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Conditional military assistance
Development cooperation and security assistance must be conditional on adherence to the universal humanist values of the Enlightenment therefore also valid for women and the preservation of the environment. . Assistance must not be given to a dictatorial regime that oppresses its population. The United States’ unconditional support for Israel, which practices an apartheid regime…
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A slice of the cake
It’s not going well. Purchasing power is melting away, the standard of living is falling, and doctors are less and less available, drugs less and less reimbursed, and so on. Pouvoir d’achat : ce que disent les chiffres… et ce qu’ils ne disent pas – Radio France: https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/la-bulle-economique/pouvoir-d-achat-ce-que-disent-les-chiffres-et-ce-qu-ils-ne-disent-pas-7969607 There is clearly competition for resources. If…
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What I am worth depends neither on market nor on race
Today, to be worthy you have to…be good-lookinghave a well-paid jobown your own homehave lots of new clotheshave a huge carhave talented childrenknow how to cook trendy dishes with lots of accessorieshave the latest iPhonego to the beauticianwork outhave plastic surgerygo on vacation abroadtake selfiesbe whitehave followerspursue long studieshave perfect teethbe computer literatebe skinnyalways buy…
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Retirement pensions
Why should we pay pensions higher than average incomes to people who have earned their money by polluting without any solidarity with the rest of the people or with future generations (oil, nuclear, pharmaceutical industries, banks, etc.)? If they earned more than the average salary when they were working, they were able to invest their…
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Cancer, give people a fighting chance
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C’est râpé! It’s grated!
“C’est râpé” is a popular and informal expression used to say that something has failed or has already gone wrong. Use high-quality organic foods, such as those grown using permaculture methods (not industrially produced, and not sourced from countries that lack quality control). Wash the vegetables: carrots (orange or yellow or red) and/or celeriac and/or…
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European defense
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Looking for fat
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Price ceilings and price floors
Food, housing, energy, education, health and arms cannot be left to the market. We need to control prices. These are not consumer goods. They are commodities essential to human needs. The very reason for civilization is to be able to provide these necessities. They are not goods to enrich a part of the population. People…