The bad wind of criminal populism is blowing over France. ” Alain Finkielkraut's words excellently translate the ferocity which has taken hold of certain political opponents of Emmanuel Macron. These sans-culottes 2.0 which use the algorithm to aggregate as many complaints as possible. The epidemic, for them, is the instrument of revenge. One thinks of Marat in The Friend of the People, who did not demand justice but who demanded heads from the judges. The purifying temptation is the hideous face of collective crises. It should be wary like Covid, as it is arbitrary and always the prey of the lowest instincts.
It is precisely to avoid lynchings that our civilization invented justice, a fair balance which contains passions in the reasonable force of law. Of course, from principle to action, the balance is too often skewed, but slow, imperfect justice will always be better than the law of the jungle. Justice is responsible for not confusing everything:
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