Rereading Shirer's 'The Collapse of the 3rd Republic'
Bourgeois of the 3rd Republic was no different than the ancien regime in escaping taxation. Plus, the regime was deeply anti Labor, in fact one of the most reactionary among developed nations. Naturally no attempt on social security legislation implemented by the likes of..Bismarck!
Hence the appeal of Sorel and the General Strike by the working class, and their lack of incentive to fight for the country; which ultimately led to 1940.
P.S. Aristide Briand put down a general strike in 1910 by arresting union leaders and calling the strikers to army reserves. He has begun his career as a labor lawyer, claiming the necessity of the gneral strike!
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