Oh, the French

Well, maybe it’s not fair to generalize. But I finished reading Michel Houellebecq’s collection of articles Interventions 2020, and it proved that there are some things that me and a crusty right-wing contrarian agree with.

“The purpose of the party is to make us forget that we are lonely, miserable and doomed to death.”

“What could possibly justify gathering together?”

“…with age, the obligation to go to parties decreased, the inclination towards solitude increases; real life takes over.”

“As soon as being attractive is a goal in itself, sexuality becomes impossible.”

“The Americans use drones more, which could have it possible to reduce the number of civilian casualties if they knew how to use them (but it’s true that the Americans have always been unable to carry out a proper bombardment, practically since the origins of aviation.)”

There are plenty of things I disagree with him about (especially him saying that Donald Trump was a good president in his first term), but this just proves that there is some common ground here.