All this violence against innocents and government targets appears to be mostly the result of previous massive violence perpetrated by government and the state.

France and the u.S. have engaged in 7+ major military conflicts in the past 20 years while simultaneously beating down the poor, working and middle classes in their own countries. Even in Paris, France where I visited recently the infrastructure was a shambles, the legendary Paris Metro is smeared with graffiti, filth, dirty seats and cars, drab stations and inadequate vending and service equipment. On the famed Champs Elysee boulevard, benches and sidewalks are strewn with garbage, junk, and all over the streets of Paris there are homeless, refugees, children in need of housing, vagrants and other unfortunates, as well as shady criminal elements.

Most Americans know how lousy and degradaded our own infrastructure and society is. The point is, the ruling classes in France and America really don't give a shit about the small people, they serve the rich, protect their protection-paying businesses and corporations, and for everyone else it's Every Man and Woman For Themself (As it should be, of course, minus the tax, regulatory and prohibitory burdens).