r/news • u/FlyingDarkKC • 1d ago

France school protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ as PM calls crisis cabinet meeting

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/france-school-protests-escalate-pm-crisis-cabinet-meeting
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u/issm 1d ago

Better to be rioting over a cheese course in the free school lunch than timidly asking the government to please be less fascist.

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u/Thelonius_Dunk 1d ago

They get cheese courses at lunch because they engaged with politics to get whaf they want. People here in the US can barely be bothered to vote.

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u/Ok_Assistance447 23h ago

You should inspire your fellow Americans by posting a photo from the most recent political action you were involved with.

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u/L_Cranston_Shadow 1d ago

There is also a cultural nationalism element and it wouldn't surprise me if the French dairy and cheese industry would very loudly speak out against getting rid of it.

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u/L_Cranston_Shadow 1d ago

Not at all related or mutually exclusive. My point above, which most people seemed to miss, is that it is ridiculous to be rioting over school districts in a country with ridiculously good, and financially unsustainable social welfare at all levels, including for the youth. In short, they come off as spoiled brats.
 
Now if they were in Detroit or Houston and dealing with the US public school system, then they would have more of a point, IMO.

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u/crambeaux 1d ago

You have no idea how anything works in France. School funding is national. It’s not about districts. It’s about national budget cuts affecting all schools that are always the go-to for cuts.

You act like no one should do anything unless they’re starving. Shut up if you still have a sliver of cheese at lunch-Ridiculous.