{"id":30680,"date":"2026-10-22T22:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=30680"},"modified":"2026-10-22T22:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T19:53:43","slug":"marginalized-immigrants-living-on-welfare-benefits-are-setting-france-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=30680","title":{"rendered":"Marginalized immigrants, living on welfare benefits, are setting France on fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France has been in flames for days\u2014a price it is paying for its history of colonialism. Marginalized immigrants, who rely on state benefits and have flooded the country, have taken to the streets in major French cities\u2014using protests against the high cost of living and the policies of E. Macron (which have caused prices to skyrocket) as a pretext\u2014to engage in arson and looting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, during the colonial era, France thrived at the expense of many peoples, particularly in Africa; today, those same peoples\u2014now present in France\u2014are taking their &#8220;revenge.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Footage from central Paris today amid intense rioting across France. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q8YnbJmh2a\">pic.twitter.com\/Q8YnbJmh2a<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Europa.com (@europa) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/europa\/status\/2111557892406902930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, luxury goods stores\u2014such as Rolex, Louis Vuitton, and Hugo Boss\u2014are being targeted for looting. As American Vice President J.D. Vance remarked regarding France: &#8220;You brought in the Third World and expected them to integrate&#8221;\u2014but they did not integrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Western liberals brought the Third World into France and other countries in the name of diversity and compassion. They ignored the fundamental issues of assimilation and compatibility. They were warned that this would lead to such an outcome, yet they did not listen,&#8221; he continued; &#8220;and now, even protesters are trying to tell them to stop, but they remain indifferent to the wishes and demands of French society.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Riots across France today.<br><br>Looting, fires, vandalism and attacks against policemen and firefighters reported from cities across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZpVnuXTvC3\">pic.twitter.com\/ZpVnuXTvC3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Visegr\u00e1d 24 (@visegrad24) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/visegrad24\/status\/2111519915484053588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coming primarily from African countries and entering France by the thousands\u2014because that is what EU policies dictated\u2014they have been living on welfare benefits, and now all they ask for is even more benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The situation in France is critical, yet E. Macron is concerned with whether funds\u2014drawn from France\u2019s growing public debt\u2014will be sent to Ukraine, and whether sanctions against Russia will remain in place, forcing France to purchase oil at triple the price\u2014from the\u2026 USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One protester dead in Paris, 1,200 arrests, 150 police officers injured, and a 17-year-old who suffered an amputation in Saint-\u00c9tienne\u2014this is the toll so far from the violent demonstrations that took place in France on Saturday, which saw widespread unrest, arson, and looting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A protester lost his life in Paris due to cardiac arrest, after falling ill on Boulevard de Magenta, along the route of the march.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the most serious incidents was the arson attack on the Limoges town hall, where a fire\u2014likely caused by a Molotov cocktail\u2014inflicted extensive damage on the historic 19th-century building, leading to the collapse of its clock tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Marseille, groups of hooded individuals broke into the town hall and scrawled slogans on the walls, while instances of shops being looted were also reported in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attacks and acts of destruction also took place in other French cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Lyon, the tourist office building was set ablaze, and various commercial establishments also sustained damage. In Lille, the town hall was damaged, while in Grenoble, the occupants of a building had to be evacuated following a fire that broke out during the unrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France has been in flames for days\u2014a price it is paying for its history of colonialism. 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