它只是群体错觉的产物，是当局为了在某种程度上重塑压抑的法国国民的自尊而鼓励（如果不是说服的话）的情感上的波将金村（Potemkin village）吗？
Was it purely the product of a collective delusion, an emotional Potemkin village of sorts, encouraged, if not conceived, by the authorities to restore some level of self-assurance among France’s depressed citizens?