At first, Jean-Pierre did not understand.
He watched the evening news, paid his taxes, voted responsibly and believed what respectable people told him.
1. France needed immigration because the economy needed workers.
2. Diversity was an opportunity.
3. Public services were under pressure because they lacked funding.
4. Disorder at school was caused by inequality.
5. Crime statistics required context.
6. Anyone who connected these things too quickly was probably an extremist.
Then his children started coming home from school saying they could barely hear the teacher.
Half the lesson was spent restoring order.
Teachers changed constantly.
Some simply disappeared for weeks.
Jean-Pierre complained once, politely.
The administration explained that the situation was “challenging” and that the school was developing an “inclusive pedagogical response.”
Jean-Pierre went home reassured.
There were professionals dealing with it.
His neighbourhood changed too.
Shops closed.
Others appeared.
Groups of men occupied the same corners every evening.
His wife stopped taking one street after dark.
Jean-Pierre noticed all of this, but he had also learned that noticing patterns was dangerous.
So every event remained an isolated event.
One closed shop meant nothing.
One assault meant nothing.
Ten incidents meant ten unrelated incidents.
Only a racist would connect dots.
Then his daughter was sexually assaulted by a man who had recently arrived in France.
Jean-Pierre was devastated.
But almost immediately he began policing his own thoughts.
The attacker was an individual. Of course.
One must never generalise.
The television explained that exploiting such crimes politically was irresponsible.
A minister warned against “stigmatisation.”
Jean-Pierre found himself nodding through tears.
What had happened to his daughter was monstrous, but the truly frightening possibility, apparently, was that somebody somewhere might vote for the wrong party because of it.
Nothing changed.
His son’s school became worse.
His daughter stopped going out alone.
His wife wanted to move.
The police were exhausted.
The teachers were exhausted.
The hospitals were exhausted.
Jean-Pierre was exhausted.
Yet every explanation he had been given required him to believe that each deterioration was temporary, accidental, exaggerated or caused by something entirely unrelated to the deterioration immediately beside it.
And whenever somebody proposed that perhaps the country had made serious mistakes — about migration, authority, education, policing, integration, punishment or borders — Jean-Pierre knew the correct answer.
“Careful. That sounds like the far right.”
So he remained reasonable.
He remained moderate.
He remained informed.
He remained completely incapable of drawing a conclusion from his own life.
So at first, Jean-Pierre did not understand.
And he still does not understand.
@Hugobie El video del fatal accidente nos muestra dos "horrores"; 1) camiones en mal estado y con cargas muy pesadas que vuelven incontrolables a los mismos, y 2) el inexplicable semáforo para habilitar 1 coche y 3 motos, mientras restringe el tránsito de 30 rodados, 10 en bajada. LOCURA
@ingecucharita Y como lo pueden evitar los que se dedican a la producción de salsas de ese tipo? Cuáles serían los cuidados recomendados en su día a día?
🇵🇾 Las máquinas que hacían Nike y Adidas en Argentina ya están en Paraguay.
USD 40 millones de inversión.
600 nuevos empleos en Paraguay.
850 trabajadores despedidos en Argentina.
¿Qué pasó?
El Grupo Dass que fabrica Nike, Adidas, Fila, Umbro, Asics y Champion para todo el Mercosur se cansó.
Cansado de impuestos absurdos. Cansado de costos laborales que no cierran. Cansado de un Estado que asfixia.
Así que agarró sus máquinas y se fue.
¿A dónde?
A donde lo dejan trabajar.
Régimen de Maquila en Paraguay:
1% de tributo único sobre valor agregado
0% impuesto a la renta empresarial
0% impuesto a dividendos
0% aranceles en bienes de capital
En Argentina:
35% impuesto corporativo
Aportes patronales brutales
Sindicatos imposibles
Importaciones cerradas
¿Adivinen dónde va a fabricar el próximo lote de zapatillas Adidas que vas a comprar en el shopping?
Lo más increíble:
Las zapatillas Nike que se vendían en Buenos Aires durante 30 años, salidas de la planta de Coronel Suárez, ahora dirán "Hecho en Paraguay".
LITERAL.
Paraguay 10%, Argentina 35%.
Fin del debate.
@Komplizenontour https://t.co/uPQ9ivYgVB
Comida ultracongelada envasada al vacío! Se regeneran en 10 min a baño María!
Envíos a domicilio para Asuncion!
Probá!
@GrizzieL@elAsunceno Como asesora inmobiliaria en Paraguay, confirmo ✅ y estoy a disposición para ayudarlos con inmuebles tanto rurales como urbanos. DM
@Ale_PPathways Qué tal Alessandro. En cuanto al negocio gastronómico en Paraguay está viviendo un momento fenomenal.
Tengo una empresa de alimentos ultracongelados y trabajamos como “línea blanca” para muchos cafés y restaurantes afamados en Asuncion. 👌🏼