French protests run on real energy and real demands this time, but there is no government left that answers them – so the prisoners only rattle the bars for better conditions, and every benefit won pays for the next crackdown.
Millions tuned in to charge their water bottles and get healed through the TV, and that same reflex – trust the state, then trust whoever replaces it – now sits in a European living room.
Argues that Russian hybrid attacks pose less danger to Europeans than their own governments, which use the fear to justify permanent emergency powers and surveillance, as happened in the post-9/11 United States.
The author argues European regulators unjustly block driver-assist features like Tesla FSD, claiming road safety comes from good infrastructure and driver responsibility, not bureaucratic permission, leaving Europeans less free than poorer countries.
Claims Europeans wrongly equate democratic elections with trustworthy government, and should adopt the Russians’ lifelong skepticism, treating rulers as hired managers limited to basic services rather than society architects.