Gwelan (too)
Jedi
On the other hand, in the US, on the same day, it's another public shooting. I don't know if I don't prefer the bad mood of my compatriots, even if I notice that it doesn't get any better, but at least it doesn't kill anybody.
Do some French people see what's going on? Yellow Vest Protests
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Gwelan (too)
Jedi
Just a little reminder: 300 shootings in the USA for the first semester alone, which makes several a day. So I can admit that the French are losing their savoir vivre, but there's still room for improvement, I guess
Gwelan (too)
Jedi
Having said that, Zak, I recognize that I was born in a post-war Paris where one was still someone for one's neighbor, or for the shopkeepers of the neighborhood. In public transport, I had been educated to leave my seat to ladies or the elderly. It even happened that people talked to each other about the news, the weather, everything and nothing. La causette was still the order of the day. At the café counter, Pierrot made no secret of his political opinions, and sometimes it was loud, but for hours. A bit like in Campagnol's blog for those who know it (I highly recommend it: its author really knew the world before).
It was the Paris-village of Doisneau, Prévert or Jacques Tati, that I roamed it in all directions on my bike and without any helmet. I witnessed the gradual arrival of modernity: a city where the pedestrian is no longer the king, where people no longer speak to strangers, where eyes avoid crossing each other, where people give themselves an alibi for not communicating, thanks to earphones that make each one deaf to the other.
Little by little, incivility has become a way of being, a new normality. Recently, I had to take train during strikes: I had to stay sat on the floor for the duration of the course, in a crowded train because no kid felt the need to give me his seat. Yet I can't hide my age.
So yes, the human being is no longer at the heart of our lives, of our cities. I'm one of those old farts who can regret it because I knew a world where it was more so.
That’s the way it is
It was the Paris-village of Doisneau, Prévert or Jacques Tati, that I roamed it in all directions on my bike and without any helmet. I witnessed the gradual arrival of modernity: a city where the pedestrian is no longer the king, where people no longer speak to strangers, where eyes avoid crossing each other, where people give themselves an alibi for not communicating, thanks to earphones that make each one deaf to the other.
Little by little, incivility has become a way of being, a new normality. Recently, I had to take train during strikes: I had to stay sat on the floor for the duration of the course, in a crowded train because no kid felt the need to give me his seat. Yet I can't hide my age.
So yes, the human being is no longer at the heart of our lives, of our cities. I'm one of those old farts who can regret it because I knew a world where it was more so.
That’s the way it is
Gwelan (too)
Jedi
On the other hand again, and here I would like to read you about this, it contributes to a certain form of detachment from this world. When I was twenty years old, being of the "we can change the world" generation, my passion for my fellow human beings was great. I sincerely wished us a better future. And then, I grew up and old through this evolution of the society that I rather qualify as an involution today. And the more it goes, the less I care.
This shouldn't be, because I have children, grandchildren and cats, but it's a bit like love, it's not always obvious to understand why it goes away.
It was gradual. I started by thinking I should be a kind of little black duck. Then I told myself that I was belonging to the world to come and not to the one that is dying. Now that my life is largely done, I would like to be wiser and more full of love for others, but nothing helps. I have a lot of love for nature, for animals, for some of my relatives and for some beautiful people that I still manage to admire, but overall, I would go so far as to say that I have come to admit the very idea of the disappearance of the human species.
I'm a little ashamed of that, but I can't help it. The Covid may have been the layer too much. I don't want to be a knight anymore. I watch these crowds hypnotized by the Pied Piper and very eager to go drown. Up close, I always say something when there’s an occasion , but from afar, I just say: OK, go ahead guys!
This shouldn't be, because I have children, grandchildren and cats, but it's a bit like love, it's not always obvious to understand why it goes away.
It was gradual. I started by thinking I should be a kind of little black duck. Then I told myself that I was belonging to the world to come and not to the one that is dying. Now that my life is largely done, I would like to be wiser and more full of love for others, but nothing helps. I have a lot of love for nature, for animals, for some of my relatives and for some beautiful people that I still manage to admire, but overall, I would go so far as to say that I have come to admit the very idea of the disappearance of the human species.
I'm a little ashamed of that, but I can't help it. The Covid may have been the layer too much. I don't want to be a knight anymore. I watch these crowds hypnotized by the Pied Piper and very eager to go drown. Up close, I always say something when there’s an occasion , but from afar, I just say: OK, go ahead guys!
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The Washington-based institution is urging France to funnel aid towards the least well-off in the face of the energy crisis and to accelerate public spending cuts.
A brutal premeditated attack on a tax collector leaves French authorities stunned.
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IMF tells France to end its 'whatever it takes' policy
The Washington-based institution is urging France to funnel aid towards the least well-off in the face of the energy crisis and to accelerate public spending cuts.
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The Washington-based institution is urging France to funnel aid towards the least well-off in the face of the energy crisis and to accelerate public spending cuts.
A brutal premeditated attack on a tax collector leaves French authorities stunned.
France in shock over murder of tax inspector during routine audit
A French tax inspector was killed during an audit at the home of a dealer in second-hand goods, police say.
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wilfried
Jedi
Votre post me trotte dans la tête mais je ne sais pas trop quoi témoigner pour continuer la réflexion par manque de confiance en la pertinence de ma pensée; aussi je vous donne mon retour en espérant qu'il soit pertinent, sans trop développer.
J'ai finis de lire ponérologie politique hier soir, c'est saisissant de justesse et je pense à la lumière de son exposé que nous avons grandi dans une société pathocratique où l'involution s'est accélérée depuis disons les années 70. Insidieusement au début et maintenant ouvertement, sans frein du côté des psychopates au pouvoir.
Pour nous il me semble que nos attentes ou espoir d'un monde meilleur étaient en fait des visions hypnotisées en grande partie. Du rêve on passe au cauchemar en quelque sorte.
Une leçon pas si fun à apprendre.
Mais il y a d'autres leçons. Pour trouver notre identité véritable nous pouvons agir en fonction de ce qu'on apprend ici notamment à propos du centre émotionnel négatif inférieur dont on peut tirer énergie.
Être alerte, méditer, respirer: le détachement passe par là. Et l'aide aux autres est plus réelle grâce à ce travail car notre fréquence agit naturellement pour notre environnement.
En tout cas je vois ma propre désespoir comme une time loop trap program qui draine ma force de vivre et qui n'a pas au final de vérité objective pour défendre sa position, alors je le zappe dés que je me rends compte qu'il tourne en appliquant les moyens appris au fil des études. Le travail de chaque moment.
Une p'tite chanson de l'époque:
Your post is on my mind but I don't know what to say to continue the reflection because of my lack of confidence in the relevance of my thought; so I give you my feedback hoping that it is relevant, without developing too much.
I finished reading political ponerology last night, it is strikingly accurate and I think in the light of his presentation that we have grown up in a pathocratic society where the involution has accelerated since the 70s. Insidiously at first and now openly, without restraint on the part of the psychopaths in power.
For us it seems that our expectations or hopes for a better world were in fact hypnotized visions for the most part. From dream to nightmare in a way.
A not so fun lesson to learn.
But there are other lessons. To find our true identity we can act on what we learn here especially about the lower negative emotional center from which we can draw energy.
Being alert, meditating, breathing: detachment goes through this. And helping others is more real thanks to this work because our frequency acts naturally for our environment.
In any case I see my own despair as a time loop trap program that drains my life force and that has no objective truth to defend its position, so I skip it as soon as I realize that it is turning by applying the means I have learned throughout my studies. The work of each moment.
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Gwelan (too)
Jedi
Yes, Wilfried, you are right: this moment when reality resembles neither our memories nor our dreams is quite uncomfortable.
In my case, it is the detachment itself that is the most disconcerting, and not for reasons of identity because, on the contrary, I feel all the more myself, in agreement with the child that I was. In fact, it is as if from warrior, I was becaming guardian. As if the passion to change the facts, had given way to a manner of gardener, who just waits for the right season, scanning the sky …
In my case, it is the detachment itself that is the most disconcerting, and not for reasons of identity because, on the contrary, I feel all the more myself, in agreement with the child that I was. In fact, it is as if from warrior, I was becaming guardian. As if the passion to change the facts, had given way to a manner of gardener, who just waits for the right season, scanning the sky …
A post from the Telegram channel "Global Intel Watch", which I thought was interesting. Can French Forum members comment on how accurate this might be?
Global Intel Watch said:- French documentary confirms long-standing rumors that police union made the decision to remove interior minister Castaner, which was accepted by president Macron. Around that time, Macron's govt made an important right-wing turn, having since made several major decisions regarding Islam, security and immigration, potentially under police pression too.
SGP police union leader Yves Lefevre has been described as the leader of the movement to remove Castaner.
Since then, the documentary says, police has been under police union control, and police unions have tried to expand control of the larger state apparatus, trying for example to pressure judicial system.
This whole story heavily puts under question the nature of the regime in France. It is now obvious that the civilian government, while it has probably still some authority is heavily under coercive influence from police unions. Obviously, as we don't have full access of what's happening behind the scenes, we don't know how much effective power civilian govt or police unions have. But reports explicitly indicate that police is now de facto a "state within the state".
This weakening of the civilian government was probably caused by the Yellow Vests protests, which proved French liberals had lost popular legitimacy, thus emboldening hostile actors within the police to take control. Terror attacks also played a role. Basically, security forces became bigger than the system.
It is unclear whether the civilian government is able, and even willing, to retake full control of the state apparatus. The documentary shows some actors are willing to try for sure, but it is unclear any serious attempt is being planned.
There is no word to describe how much, according to his own political philosophy, Macron's decision to serve as a "constitutionnal monarch" for police unions is condemnable. Macron could've tried to risk it all and give French rule of law a last stand, which could've protect it. He didn't. He caved.
Police union's influence was basically an open-ended secret for 2 years. Now it's becoming more and more public. This means Macron's facade of control will increasingly fade away. The decision to go ahead with these revelations are probably caused by the incoming police unions elections, which are scheduled to be held soon. Unclear who is favorite to win those elections. Yves Lefebvre's decision to say publicly he fired Castaner was probably a campaign move.
The fact police unions collaborated with the documentary portraying them as a "state within the state" shows this documentary could be a show of force by the police unions ahead of Union elections rather than a genuine attempt at stopping them.
zak
The Living Force
To make a long story short.
Castaner was a fuse that had to be blown, in a turbulent context for the Macron government at the time.
The former secretary general of the Force Ouvrière SGP Police unit, Yves Lefebvre, only has the power of a well-placed pawn, in the same camp as Macron, so I really don't believe that this union decides such things independently.
Yves Lefebvre is the guy who said this about a yellow vest whose hand was ripped off by a grenade: "I'm going to be very crude, but it's well done for his face".
Gwelan (too)
Jedi
I am afraid that the subject is not new. The services of the Ministry of the Interior have always been a state within the state in the 5th Republic, because they are the ones who have files on everyone.
- The Pasqua era wasn't bad either.
I saw something about it on a French news channel in Telegram which said:
So, it seems to come from this report, which blurb is:
But I haven't watch it and can't watch it, so I can't tell.
Gallo
Jedi
Here's a question: we are told in France that it is complicated to build new nuclear power plants because there has been a "loss of knowledge". Basically, they no longer know how to build a power plant because it has not been done for 20 years. Is this a joke? Did the dead engineers keep their secrets? Couldn't we keep a written record of the construction methods at that time? Knowing that this is our only source of electricity? Aren't we being fooled a little? Or is it a knowledge from the 50's that was given to us and the enlightened ones or some helpers who created it died without leaving anything behind?
The whole thing is comical. Like the technical data of the lunar missions that NASA cannot find or the plans of the devices that have been deleted due to lack of space. I'M LAUGHING!
The whole thing is comical. Like the technical data of the lunar missions that NASA cannot find or the plans of the devices that have been deleted due to lack of space. I'M LAUGHING!
Gwelan (too)
Jedi
Already, about fifteen years ago, a friend who was still working at EDF in nuclear maintenance explained the problem to me. Before EDF massively outsourced maintenance to private companies, it was the guys who had built and operated the plants who maintained them. They knew everything about every single bolt. Some retired and the others were fired. Result = no one had this memory anymore. Despite the technical manuals that nobody has time to read anymore, each new team had to rediscover the problems at each intervention... basically. For construction, it's a bit the same. Engineers didn't suddenly become stupid, but we just stopped training specialized workers for these tasks, so, guys like that who are indispensable... we don't have enough of them anymore.
And they are not trained in a minute.
And they are not trained in a minute.
Gwelan (too)
Jedi
A 500,000-ton oil tanker is not something that can be driven by reflex. You have to anticipate everything by at least a quarter of an hour because it has very bad brakes, it steers very badly, etc... but a society, a country: it's much worse, anticipation is at least over a generation, even more. With in our governments, all these guys who take the money and run, we might as well say that there is no more pilot in the plane.
