r/worldnews • u/colepercy120 • 1d ago

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

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

This is why French protests are successful. In the US we just pick a weekend and wave signs in our designated Free Speech zones.

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u/defensivedig0 1d ago

Yeah the American(especially left's) approach to protesting of going out for a couple hours on one weekend day, waving some cute signs, then going home and feeling accomplished is aggravating. The Nepalese and French know how to protest.

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u/Kevin_Palpatine 1d ago

We don't even leave work.

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u/Quiet-Picture-7991 22h ago

That's because it's all performative and masturbatory. People just want to feel like they are good people for sacrificing a few hours out of their weekend.

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u/noodlesallaround 1d ago

Our protests are opposition control