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.

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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    1 year ago

    I wish we had the same mentality as French when it comes to protesting. Here people generally complain in a pub while drinking beer.

      • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, sure, it’s not like the French are famous for protesting about everything.

        Just looked at photos and there are all ethnicities present, including French people. You might want to take your racism elsewhere.

    • foxblood@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I get your point. Actively contributing to politics either by joining a party or by protesting is supporting democracy.

      But looting stores and robbing people en masse only discredits peaceful protests.

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        1 year ago

        I agree, looting stores is not the way to go. But peaceful protests are way to easy to just ignore

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          1 year ago

          The required mass of people is definitely higher. But if you are interested, I can recommend reading about the Monday demonstrations which brought down the eastern Germany regime. They were (by a broad majority) peaceful.

      • Ultraviolet@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        The purpose of a protest is to show that you have the numbers for a riot. If the people in power know you’ll never follow through on it, they can ignore you.