Opposition to globalization and market forces has often been the preferred way of trying to hang on to an idealized view of what life used to be like. This produces paradoxical results here in France, where – despite all the anti-globalization rhetoric – McDonald’s is more popular than anywhere else in Europe.
用一种可持续的方式来定义进步，并让我们保存好过往的一切是一件很难的事情。人们通常都喜欢用反对全球化和市场力量来尝试维持过往的理想生活方式。而这些举措在法国造成了自相矛盾的结果，不管那些反全球化的言论说得多么动听，这里的麦当劳是全欧洲最受欢迎的。