What appears undeniable is that the Yellow Vests have redeemed France's claim to possess a political spirit which is revolutionary, egalitarian and unique. I break it down here.
The Yellow Vest Sacrifice Tally: The Yellow Vests were so righteous that they succeeded in attracting first-time protesters. These political innocents were often among the 11,000 arrested, the 2,000 convicted, the 1,000 imprisoned, the 5,000 seriously hurt and the 1,000 critically injured. Ya Hossein!
Yellow Vest quote: "Yes, I am proud of the Yellow Vest movement. We are trying to fix France's many fundamental problems, and we never stopped despite all the repression. What's shameful is that we didn't start sooner, and that our leaders totally ignore us."
Briefly: no chance at a peaceful protest was permitted, again. In a new twist, cops cancelled the permit at the last moment. This allowed them to trap everyone at the Place d'Italie roundabout for hours. For hours we all walked in circles like a clock's hands, but trailed by a constant cloud of tear gas. This gave the MSM all the footage they needed to keep discrediting the movement on its anniversary.
People were enraged, trapped and tear-gassed - are we surprised petty vandalism occurred? Cops never once stepped in to stop vandalism, either - they were only concerned with not allowing people to march peacefully.
See note on December 20.
Dec 5 - French general strike begins amid huge walkouts & protests
France's largest general strike since 1995 got off to a roaring start as 90% of public transport was shut down nationwide and workers walked off the job in massive numbers. Well over a million people marched against the radical pension rollback threatened by President Emmanuel Macron.
I break it down here.
Dec 9 - 'Black Monday' as French general strike gains steam
Everyone expected four days/a weekend of shutdowns - this day proved the general strike was serious. Eighty percent of public transport would be shut down through Christmas.
We're general striking, baby!!!!!!
Dec 11 - Macron unveils new pension plan to widespread rejection
The government only released the details a week into the strike. The delay was obviously because they are so radically right-wing that the government feared inflaming people even further.
No nation has a universal/one-size-fits-all pension system, and for obvious reasons which I explain here. The idea that France, a "socialist" country to Anglophones, could be the very first shows just how Americanized Macron wants France to become.
Or is EU-style liberalism even worse? Considering their structures is so very much more neoliberal and anti-democratic, it's very possible".
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