Hollande's proposed tax hikes may drive businesspeople from France.

[opebo]

Take away their citizenship, prevent them from returning to the country ever again until they pay the taxes they owe with interest. Problem solved.

Good show!  And seize any and all assets they may have in France.  As economic terrorists they should be extraditable anyway.

[opebo]

As economic terrorists they should be extraditable anyway.

Uh, economic terrorists?

Yes, they terrorize the masses into a state of slavery, Rhodie.  Far more serious threat than the 'Islamic terrorists'.

[opebo]

...they terrorize the masses into a state of slavery, Rhodie.  Far more serious threat than the 'Islamic terrorists'.

Are you actually being serious, or is this just a protracted parody of a leftist poster?

Of course. My politics are best summed up by the image of the guillotine.

[opebo]

That's even more true than you think (considering your habit of advocating policies that would benefit no one at all and hurt everyone, merely to different extents).

Actually buddy, in practice I have always advocated the moderate compromise of Social Democracy, at least Keynesian, perhaps Fabian at best.  I only mention the guillotine to remind the ruling class why such a compromise has some potential benefit for them.

[opebo]

I think you'll agree with me in saying that the idea of a Revolution in the US or most other Western countries is 'beyond the horizon', that is, very obviously not happening any time soon, and that they have no reason to fear the guillotine. Thus such a compromise has no potential benefit for ... 'ruling class'.

You're quite right!  The slaves are well under control, and there is little hope.  However in theory it is possible the controllers could be hurt in some way, some day.  After all the fact remains that there have been revolutions, and ruling classes have been slaughtered/forced into exile before.

[opebo]

Always to be immediately replaced by other ruling classes, which generally treated the People much, much worse than their predecessors.

So?  Rise up and kill them too.  The only alternative to slavery is death in battle, more or less.