Like all dystopias, the power of this play is that it shows how mundane and casual a descent into the abyss might look, and with what familiar bureaucratic language.

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No doubt Chirac will take the vote as an invitation to do as he pleases, but for the French, who pride themselves on their logic, the next five years promise a descent into an abyss of cynicism, corruption and despair.

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