The state's prescriptive hysteria is almost always based on poorly understood scientific studies (when they haven't been tampered with)

Le Dossier de Valeurs Actuelles :

“Arrêtez d’emmerder les Français !” 2/4
« Fais pas ci, fais pas ça »

Par Mickaël Fonton et Josée Pochat   

"Health, industry, private life: no sector can escape the state's regulatory insanity. If the intention is not bad, the result is a hindrance to liberty. [The article Don't do this, don't do that provides a]n overview of the resulting Kafkaesque situations.

This prescriptive hysteria ... is almost always based on poorly understood scientific studies (when they haven't been tampered with)."

Santé, industrie, vie domestique : aucun domaine n’échappe au délire normatif de l’État. Si l’intention n’est pas forcément mauvaise, le résultat est une entrave à la liberté. Tour d’horizon de situations ubuesques.

 … Cette hystérie prescriptive … s’appuie presque toujours sur des études scientifiques mal comprises (voire manipulées)

Valeurs Actuelles special “Stop pissing off the French!” issue

• Editorial
• Nothing symbolizes the Big Brother state better than the traffic radar
• The state's prescriptive hysteria is almost always based on poorly understood scientific studies (when they haven't been tampered with)
• "Farmers are poisoned by the state's myriad regulations; they are now living in constant stress"
• EU Regulations: Will We Soon Have to Affix a Warning Sticker on Coffee Packages to Warn Against the Danger of the Beverage?