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Populist Revolts in West Mark End of Industrial Societies - French Envoy to US

© AFP 2023 / John MacDougall A supporter of the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party displays a placard showing crossed out Niqabs during a demonstration against the German government's asylum policy organized by the AfD party on November in Berlin on November 7, 2015.
A supporter of the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party displays a placard showing crossed out Niqabs during a demonstration against the German government's asylum policy organized by the AfD party on November in Berlin on November 7, 2015. - Sputnik International
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The populist revolts rocking both the United States and Europe are a consequence of the collapse of industrial society and will continue, French Ambassador to the US Gerard Araud said on a panel at the Brookings Institution.

A supporter of the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party displays a placard showing crossed out Niqabs during a demonstration against the German government's asylum policy organized by the AfD party on November in Berlin on November 7, 2015. - Sputnik International
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The world has transferred from an industrial to a service society, leaving millions of workers without jobs, according to Araud.

"Unfortunately… this is going to go on," Araud stated on Monday. "We have seen the end of industrial societies.”

Araud said he estimated that 10 million Americans had lost their houses in the ongoing economic crisis and he acknowledged that a widespread rejection of the liberal principle of free trade was raging across North America and Europe.

"There is a rebellion against free trade… Either we are not going to move forward on free trade or we define a citizen-friendly free trade,” he added. “You cannot say anymore free trade is good. It is not enough.”

Araud told the panel that the United States and European nations all needed to increase their levels of taxation, especially on the wealthy to ensure they could continue to fund social security programs.

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