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I know about laicite, but do you have a source for the Masons bit? It sounds like some kind of conspiracy theory, similar to the claim that Jews run the world! :D

But would it actually permanently last?

Islam has the death penalty for apostasy, though. Even if not enforced, it's a huge mental obstacle to converting out of Islam. AFAIK, the only areas where large conversions away from Islam occurred were post-reconquista Spain and Adjara, in Georgia, post independence.

Excellent analysis, Chiron! And Yep, sometimes a smaller country is a better-off country, regardless of whether this applies to France, India, Ukraine, Israel, et cetera.

Yeah, that's probably fair and true enough as far as it goes, unfortunately. :(

How would a France that permanently keeps Algeria going to look like? Specifically by enfranchising Muslim Algerians on equal terms (no gerrymandering, et cetera) to French people. I was specifically thinking of some kind of loose confederation where Algeria gets to manage its own affairs and...