Just weeks after hugely disruptive protests and strikes over pension reforms in France finally died down, businesses in the country are grappling with the fallout from a week of rioting.

  • artisanrox
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    61 year ago

    This WHOLE ENTIRE talking point, in effect, takes away from THE POINT OF THE PROTEST.

    The points of the protest are the eroding of everyone’s quality of life because of an uppermost class AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT THEM

    • @galloog1@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      I am not the OP here but this is an example of how the narrative shifts when the demonstrators shift to property damage. This is why the right grows during periods of unrest. They use it to justify more oppressive policies and they get the support of those small businesses and community leaders. It is an immensely consistent trend throughout history. Even the American Revolution, so often touted as a natural course of events, did not gain popular support until the Boston Massacre (Only killing six people and nobody knows who shot first)

    • Ronno
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      -11 year ago

      I thought this was about police violence? But sure. Oh and p.s, from a rational point of view, the pension age cannot stand as is, and must be increased to ensure pension for all

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        Oh and p.s, from a rational point of view, the pension age cannot stand as is, and must be increased to ensure pension for all

        This terrible opinion is why you keep hitting that “BUT THE LOOTING11!1” lever lol