Political thought in France is either nostalgic or Utopian.
Skepticism cannot be revolutionary, even though it speaks the language of revolution.
What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.
Peace is impossible, war is improbable.
Racism is the snobbery of the poor.
In a way, all sociologists are akin to Marxists because of their inclination to settle everyone's accounts but their own.