The current situation in France, characterized by riots and uncertainty, seems to be intractable and intensifying. While it is unlikely that France will accept a Muslim-led government or experience a provincial revolt by farmers and monarchists, the future remains uncertain. The globalist technocracy that has been in place since the Soviet Union appears to be running out of possibilities, leading to a calamitous explosion. There is a realization that thinking globally is not yielding the expected outcomes, challenging the big claims about ultimate meaning made by progressivism and scientism.
French police shot and killed Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old immigrant of Algerian and Moroccan descent with a long history of criminal activity, sparking violent protest across the country. Is this France’s George Floyd moment—or something darker still? Stateside, the courts have been on a roll, preliminarily blocking the Biden administration from overtly colluding with social media companies and banning explicit race-based affirmative action in university admissions. The editors discuss the rolling civilizational crisis and, of course, remind you to read the damn site.