Message from @bspon002
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imo, long term strategy holders btfo
This yellow vest thing could fade and there'd still be public rage, so I'm not staking anything on this one event
More like brush fires that keep popping up
eventually it will ignite (and whether it's controllable is up in the air)
That i could see possibly too,weather its controllable...but uf you have Firefighters & Police join in solidarity with the rest of civilians than the military have to be brought in? That is a lit situation
I think the long term strategy holders are like young adults in the US now who think Social Security will be there for them when they're of age
That's why its grabbed my attention
@celticflame Yeah, the police and ff solidarity may embolden other EU nations, too
Exactly
iinm, Belgium is having some yellow vest protests now, too?
When you have the whole civilian populations joining together.... looks like its spreading into other countries,not sure of which ones exactly. I just started seeing some of this so...
And then depending on the demands and concessions made and given, it'll rile up others in the nation (antifa, invaders, Muslims)
Had a late night,just getting coffee,lol😂😋
Yes that too
Lot's of variables, could go anywhere. The possibilities are exciting but that 66% of France that voted for Macron points to the French putting themselves in the same stupid position again
I hope not
I think this just goes to show if you want to get thousands of people at a moments notice to massively rise up against their system, appeal to their economic security.
Variables are really endless, that's quite true @Kingfish
Gonna go have my coffee ttyl😉
Think I'm outa the loop
Did they find their spine or something?
lol, kind of.
I think the variables are quite simply really, bread, circus, morals.
They voted for a guy their televisions, newspapers, magazines, and radio hosts all colluded together telling everyone to vote for, and now they're angry about it and protesting who they voted for. It's typical French reaction to everything they do: surrender peacefully to being dominated, then getmadbro @bspon002
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The French are, at their core, romanticists and that makes them extremely susceptible to voting with their feelings rather than their minds.
Unless the French show some sort of ideological change in this protest, things will go right back to the same 'ol same 'ol. I think most of us are more excited that a Euro is actually doing something other than sticking up for Muslims after terror attacks
And hoping (praying) this signals some kind of change
Most heads are in the clouds right now at the thought of it
@bspon002 It started with general protests and outrage over rises in fuel taxes, however, it has slowly become a larger anti Macron sentiment, and is starting to spill into other countries in much smaller numbers as a general anti elite demonstration
@Flint Right. They have to want it enough. History has not been kind to them in this regard (they usually end up needing rescuing)
yeah but he asked why they're rioting not the philosophical French mentality
Gas tax
That was the straw
But if that's all it remains, then it will be settled and business will be normal again
Macron will probably placate them with a referendum for free gas for half a year or something, so long as they allow more refugees. French people will concede.
https://youtu.be/uNs3rv40z-I alao getting caught up,just started to watch this,may help some too..
Well yeah, they're rioting over taxes, if they're given what they want they will probably stop rioting eventually.
makes sense to me
Someone tell Frenchie that migrants decrease wages..