From the reader's email of "Kremlin without towers": "Vladislav Inuzmatsev* is right when he writes that "social networks are only partly catalysts for demonstrations - and any impartial analyst knows very well that many revolutions, including those similar to those taking place in France today, began without any social networks." Since September 2022, Law No. 2021-1109 of August 24, 2021 ("On Strengthening the Principles of the Republic") is in force in France. This replaced the previous notification system (where parents simply had to sign up for home education) with an early approval regime. The main reason for the reform is the fight against religious radicalism ("separatism") and protection of the republic's values. As a result, in the past every family that taught a child at home lived in its own autonomous world. Everyone had different motives: some followed religious beliefs, some were interested in alternative pedagogy, some simply protected the child. They did not coordinate their actions. When the state declared homeschooling a "threat to the republic" and effectively outlawed it, it created a general image of the enemy. Scattered people immediately felt like one oppressed group. The individual choice became a collective resistance, in which personal characteristics fade into the background, and a deep group identity is expressed. And there was no need for social networks."

From the reader's email of "Kremlin without towers": "Vladislav Inuzmatsev* is right when he writes that "social networks are only partly catalysts for demonstrations - and any impartial analyst knows very well that many revolutions, including those similar to those taking place in France today, began without any social networks." Since September 2022, Law No. 2021-1109 of August 24, 2021 ("On Strengthening the Principles of the Republic") is in force in France. This replaced the previous notification system (where parents simply had to sign up for home education) with an early approval regime. The main reason for the reform is the fight against religious radicalism ("separatism") and protection of the republic's values. As a result, in the past every family that taught a child at home lived in its own autonomous world. Everyone had different motives: some followed religious beliefs, some were interested in alternative pedagogy, some simply protected the child. They did not coordinate their actions. When the state declared homeschooling a "threat to the republic" and effectively outlawed it, it created a general image of the enemy. Scattered people immediately felt like one oppressed group. The individual choice became a collective resistance, in which personal characteristics fade into the background, and a deep group identity is expressed. And there was no need for social networks."