How France became, over a period of 20 years, an oligarchy that placed one of its own to the summit of this State.
Often shocking examples given by Laurent Mauduit of those who apply to themselves Benjamin Constant's 1814 maxim: "Servons la bonne cause et servons nous...."; Good book with truculent French expressions such as "Pantouflage" and "Retro-pantouflage" or ways adopted by members of the caste to indifferently, but profitably, go from a career of public service devoted to the general good to that in the service of rarefied but powerful private or financial interests. Public service becomes a self-serving revolving door. This practice is adopted regardless of the political affiliations of the Caste members who can belong to a Left, Right or Center political group. ( )