两派都能在一个理想化的历史中找到自己的根据：极左那边，是法国大革命及其平等主义承诺，极右那边则是法兰西帝国及其对所有非白色人种的统治。
Both sides find their roots in an idealized past: the French Revolution and its egalitarian promise for the far left, and the French Empire and its domination of the world’s non-white peoples for the far right.