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For those awaiting my thoughts on the riots in France, here's Evan, nailing it:

[T]hree outcomes, and only three, are possible: Byzantine Model #1: the State will pay off the rioters sufficiently to buy some more peace for a little while. The riots will stop. No deeper reforms will be made. Byzantine Model #2: the State will commit some act of repugnance that will shock the conscience of the world. The riots will stop. No deeper reforms will be made. Gaullic Model: the State will do shit all, until displaced by an angry mob in an act of repugnance that will shock the conscience of the world. The newly institutionalized mob will ineptly attempt Byzantine Model #2, but will eventually settle for #1.