14th of July Military Parade in Paris

[Leonardo17]

This is the day in 1789 when Parisians took over the Bastille and emptied Louis XVI’s political prison (and executing him 3 years later).
 
I kind of like these military parades and D. Trump was probably not wrong about restoring them in the US. As the French President said today this is not only to “show strength in order to be feared”. In a democratic country it allows you to take a look back at the Nation’s history. To remember that we weren’t always born free. There was a time, not so long ago, in which the majority of us were subjects rather than citizens.
 
So what is a subject?
 
- It’s somebody who has no place basically. All the Church and the States works to convince everyone that they have no place and they use the name of God to promote this idea (Basically).
 
See we used to have similar event on the 23rd of April, 19th of May, 30th of May and 29th of October. Each of these are important for the Foundation of the Turkish Republic in the 29th of October 1923.
 
/ The first thing the Populist (Political Islamist) AK Party does after coming to power is to make these celebrations less visible.
 
I remember doing to these celebrations as a kid in the 80’s. I cannot say if was the greatest time in my life but I remember having fun in many ways.
 
So lefties of the previous decade might tell you (and they are right) that we simply need less weapon and more wind panels in this world. But there is also this disturbing fact about humanity. The Republic + military parades in democracies is a way of saying “See I have a state that belongs to me, (not some son of a monarch who is the son of a monarch who is the son of a monarch), I have space (self-works, freedom and inherent non-alienable value). And if you come for me I will use brutal force to stop you if I have to.
 
The simplest truths are usually the ones we are more likely to overlook. So – Yes parades are good. Besides if you are a tourist in Paris right now there is basically nothing else to do because almost everything is closed. (They take this very seriously and I want to salute them for that)