Does France have a terrorism problem? (lemmy.world)

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It seems like France stands out among terrorist attacks in the news. Is it because they are more likely to be critical of Muslim culture than other European nations? Is it because there is a security failure allowing terrorist to come in and organize better?

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[-] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 78 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

France certainly has a social problem, with immigrant-descended populations often living precariously in crime-ridden banlieues, relatively isolated from the "indigenous" French people. These are great conditions to breed extremism.

But I'm not sure you could go so far as to say that there's really a terrorism problem. Of course any terrorist attack will be a huge thing in the news, but looking at the bigger picture, it still happens rather rarely and France is overall a pretty safe country.

[-] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 30 points 11 months ago

This is an accurate summary of the situation. We have a social problem, and a pretty bad one at that, not a terrorism or an immigration problem.

[-] highenergyphysics@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

We’re in the endgame of capitalism and fascism, baby.

Best to just keep your head down, vote left (like spitting on a forest fire), and most importantly, stay armed and practice your marksmanship.

It’s going to be a shit future.

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