This is the only country where police probably really fear for their lives (not talking about the bullshit US police spew to get themselves out of trouble when they kill someone).
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They should. For what I've seen in the news cycle, protests started peacefully then the police started crippling children. I mean, a 14 year old lost an arm to police brutality. That's when the rest of the country raised up in arms and started attacking the cops and rioting. So far all political statements, starting with Macron, have only called to prosecute children for property damage calling them "extreme left violence". While the cops maiming children, who were just asking for more teachers with fair pay, are being protected.
ACAB
Frustration leads to chaos. The French are very frustrated at the moment.
gee, i wonder why? definitely not the government's fault...
Sad to see innocent businesses getting destroyed. Sad to see schools not being modernized as per request of students and protesters. Sad to see government not doing due diligence to listen to their people, especially children.
Happy to see people protesting not only for 5 hours. Happy to see repercussions of not being heard. Happy to see that France shows the whole world how one should protest.
Which innocent business got destroyed? I'm not doubting some did, but I hear that narrative during every protest, and I have seen them smashing Louis Vuitton and other corps windows but leaving local businesses untouched. That's how it's usually been where I'm at when this stuff happens, a business seen as supporting the police or CVS/Target etc got attacked but the local store next door run by cooler people was untouched even without boarded windows in 2020.
We have much to learn from the French.
Like the Police, a few "bad apples" will show themselves but, this is people protesting that schools and education in France are underfunded, dilapidated and children do not have materials to learn while they are in cold, drafty classrooms with leaking roofs. I see an increase in funding for schools and education in France's very near future. There is a a good reason why the retirement age in France was not raised even after the government announced that the age of retirement / pension entitlement would be raised. Anyone calling this rioting is a class traitor or a shill.
French education been underfunded since like Chirac. it's kinda impressive how it came to this.
look at the amazing no kings protests in the US where people danced and sang their way into a dictatorship.
Threaten capital.
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The big problem France has, is that they are broke and since apparently no country in the world is willing to tax major coorperations and barely tax billionaires it will be very difficult to keep low retirement ages or bring all the schools in France up to reasonable standards.
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