I totally agree with the crux of the message but something has been.... growing in the back of my mind.

The french really know how to protest. We've seen time and time again, both in paris and around the country, they can shut everything down and gather enormous numbers to get out on the streets and apply pressure.

But what's it accomplishing? Because for all the times they've come out, they still have to keep coming out - and at some point it does seem like "well didn't they accomplish this with the last round of protests that shut down the gov? what happened?"

I'm not shitting on their resolve - I envy it. But accomplishing the mission means more than showing on the street, are they moving the system? Or will they be out protesting again next year, after a raft of promises that never, again, materialize?