structural:scholar_edition, structural:expansion, linguistic:voice_change, structural:summarization
Pre-war Era

If politicians allowed this increase in inequality, it was first and foremost because France was seen as a country of small property owners, and it was unacceptable to involve the State in the economy. It was therefore out of the question to apply a progressive tax, which would have made it possible to tax large fortunes more and more, to the point of calling into question the notion of property, according to governments. In fact, France was the most backward country when it came to equality issues, since, according to politicians, France was the pioneer of equality because it was at the origin of the French Revolution, so social issues were not necessary, preventing any possible questioning in this area.