> France, an ancient, highly centralized country with a strong taste for ritual, seems to require a visible symbol of order at its center.
It's kinda cliché, IMHO. France (and many European nations) has been build around the belief that centralized power help to ensure political stability. As soon they are no more/less centralized power, every region starts to organize itself and territorial conflicts of interest emerges.
It's not about the power to be visible, more than being effective.
It's kinda cliché, IMHO. France (and many European nations) has been build around the belief that centralized power help to ensure political stability. As soon they are no more/less centralized power, every region starts to organize itself and territorial conflicts of interest emerges.
It's not about the power to be visible, more than being effective.