An interesting read that makes a lot of sense.

“Populist movements take aim at all elites — cultural, financial, political,” she continues. “They may start as uprisings, but eventually they become movements for changing and taking over the system.

“But the gilets jaunes aren’t interested in governing. They refuse affiliation with any political party or labour union. They are refusing consultation. There is no political offer. What they want is for the ‘king’ to fall — to yield under threat.”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-18/why-france-has-more-protests-than-britain-or-germany/10626198

PermeateFree said:

An interesting read that makes a lot of sense.

“Populist movements take aim at all elites — cultural, financial, political,” she continues. “They may start as uprisings, but eventually they become movements for changing and taking over the system.

“But the gilets jaunes aren’t interested in governing. They refuse affiliation with any political party or labour union. They are refusing consultation. There is no political offer. What they want is for the ‘king’ to fall — to yield under threat.”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-18/why-france-has-more-protests-than-britain-or-germany/10626198

Yep. Off with their heads. Vive la révolution!

Woodie said:

PermeateFree said:

An interesting read that makes a lot of sense.

“Populist movements take aim at all elites — cultural, financial, political,” she continues. “They may start as uprisings, but eventually they become movements for changing and taking over the system.

“But the gilets jaunes aren’t interested in governing. They refuse affiliation with any political party or labour union. They are refusing consultation. There is no political offer. What they want is for the ‘king’ to fall — to yield under threat.”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-18/why-france-has-more-protests-than-britain-or-germany/10626198

Yep. Off with their heads. Vive la révolution!

Don’t the French love a good whine

De Gaulle stared them down in 1968. Macron unfortunately doesn’t have the support of the silent majority.

Witty Rejoinder said:

De Gaulle stared them down in 1968. Macron unfortunately doesn’t have the support of the silent majority.

It was the silly hat the did it.

Woodie said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

De Gaulle stared them down in 1968. Macron unfortunately doesn’t have the support of the silent majority.

It was the silly hat the did it.

Nah. He simply had De Gaulle to do it.

roughbarked said:

Woodie said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

De Gaulle stared them down in 1968. Macron unfortunately doesn’t have the support of the silent majority.

It was the silly hat the did it.

Nah. He simply had De Gaulle to do it.

“How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?”

https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/charles_de_gaulle

“You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.”

I like this guy :)

party_pants said:

“You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.”

I like this guy :)

The French love Jerry Lewis they can’t really take the high ground

party_pants said:

“You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.”

I like this guy :)

I can bet you anything that was said after 1945.

Witty Rejoinder said:

De Gaulle stared them down in 1968. Macron unfortunately doesn’t have the support of the silent majority.

Stared them down? He ran away. And he was a very unpopular leader by then:

On 29 May, De Gaulle disappeared without notifying Prime Minister Pompidou or anyone else in the government, stunning the country. He fled to Baden-Baden in Germany to meet with General Massu, then head of the French military there, to discuss possible army intervention against the protesters. De Gaulle returned to France after being assured of the military’s support, in return for which De Gaulle agreed to amnesty for the 1961 coup plotters and OAS members.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle#1962%E2%80%931968:_Politics_of_grandeur

Bubblecar said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

De Gaulle stared them down in 1968. Macron unfortunately doesn’t have the support of the silent majority.

Stared them down? He ran away. And he was a very unpopular leader by then:

On 29 May, De Gaulle disappeared without notifying Prime Minister Pompidou or anyone else in the government, stunning the country. He fled to Baden-Baden in Germany to meet with General Massu, then head of the French military there, to discuss possible army intervention against the protesters. De Gaulle returned to France after being assured of the military’s support, in return for which De Gaulle agreed to amnesty for the 1961 coup plotters and OAS members.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle#1962%E2%80%931968:_Politics_of_grandeur

He couldn’t be that unpopular since he won the subsequent election.

Witty Rejoinder said:

Bubblecar said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

De Gaulle stared them down in 1968. Macron unfortunately doesn’t have the support of the silent majority.

Stared them down? He ran away. And he was a very unpopular leader by then:

On 29 May, De Gaulle disappeared without notifying Prime Minister Pompidou or anyone else in the government, stunning the country. He fled to Baden-Baden in Germany to meet with General Massu, then head of the French military there, to discuss possible army intervention against the protesters. De Gaulle returned to France after being assured of the military’s support, in return for which De Gaulle agreed to amnesty for the 1961 coup plotters and OAS members.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle#1962%E2%80%931968:_Politics_of_grandeur

He couldn’t be that unpopular since he won the subsequent election.

As Wiki suggests:

His party won 352 of 487 seats, but de Gaulle remained personally unpopular; a survey conducted immediately after the crisis showed that a majority of the country saw him as too old, too self-centered, too authoritarian, too conservative, and too anti-American.

“ in France, unlike in other countries, when there are street protests, things actually do change “

That’s good. If it’s not a case of rebel without a cause.

This cartoon is relevant to the protests in France.

Paris Inception

Paris Inception

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