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United we stand (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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Gotta point out that the french protests, while they are in general for everyone that doesn't mean it's not extremely partisan and divided. It's just we all know Macron is absolute trash 🤷

Picture from 2026 autumn french protests. Yellowshirt 2. Caption "this could be us, but we're too busy fighting each other instead of the corrupt system"
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[–] 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I feel like it's important to note, the furthest city from from Paris is Marsielle at 660km.

Going to DC from Seattle (one of the furthest cities in the contingent US) is a 3700 km trip.

The US has no problem rioting: see Jan 6 riots. The main problem is the general worker doesn't have the means to take 2 weeks off work to go protest for a few hours.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    The main difference with US protests is duration & disruption.

    We're not hearing about one protest in France. We're hearing about prolonged action.

    But that hits your same point. No one has the means to not be earning money to take the time to meaningfully protest.

    That's the design. That's the trap.

    Its the same reason why the elite is so scared about declining birth rates. Its not about declining productivity in 20 years. These fucks aren't even concerned about making the planet literally uninhabitable in 20 years. What they're concerned about is an active population with nothing to lose.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Who says you need to go to DC? Aren't there any politicians in your local government that deserve to hear some of the people's voice?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Sure do. The big prorests have been the "No Kings" protests. They were really good at slapping Trump right in the ego. I think it was the largest (in some fashion or another). We got a load of changes coming from that. Right?

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