"Tough for some to break out of the template that some hold dear, isn't it? The more I read, the more I think this is not much about Islam, and much more about an underclass youth riot, one that France is obviously not used to dealing with effectively. The Immans run around trying to calm things, but the thugs are their own agenda. The upside is that it will indeed I suspect cause the French to think about their future."
I think you are right in your analysis.
But you are more optimistic than I about the outcome. You think the French will think about their future. Yes.
But the nettle which must be grasped: labor law reform, will not even come onto the horizon. I hope I'm wrong about this, but it is difficult to be optimistic.
Civil rights movements tend to trump labor laws in developed democracies. If the Muslim kids had done a peaceful civil disobedience thing, I suspect the changes would be fairly rapid. Plus, I think the world now knowing that France has Ameican style slums, and an underclass, will hurt their pride. The French have as much of that, as they do of selfishness. We shall see, how their competing thoughts and emotions play out.
In Australia, some 80% of the workforce is employed by private enterprise with less than 100 employees on the pay-roll.
How could we, if we had a similar 'problem of unemployed Beur Yoots' in this country, reform our labour laws to accommodate and include this so called 'group' ?
I ask this question because I am of the opinion your private enterprise employers could not be that different...it's still a matter of supply and demand, is it not?
Are you thinking that the government of France should nationalize industry? And give everyone a job...worked well for the USSR, LOL!