What do raging fires and overturned Peugeots reveal about France’s economy? The riots that started with two Arab boys being electrocuted after supposedly running from the police have origins much deeper than anger over these specific deaths. The riots, soon approaching a duration of twenty days, have been fueled by the decades-long conflict between France’s social model and reality. This conflict makes it nearly impossible for those starting with disadvantageous backgrounds to succeed, and the two boys’ deaths were the straw that finally broke the poodle’s back.

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