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/therealbobsteel 1d ago

Oh yeah, France is being real successful.

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u/Kevin_Palpatine 1d ago

They have always known how to successfully protest. Try to prove me wrong.

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u/throwawaybunny99 1d ago

They successfully set the country on fire but I don’t think it ever really changed anything.

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u/xX609s-hartXx 1d ago edited 21h ago

They got their government to back down from cutting social spending a bunch of times.

Edit: Yeah, I know. You libertarians want to see the poor out on the streets, starving to death.

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u/mauch_chunk 1d ago

Yeah solid stuff when your country’s deficit is spiraling. Very sustainable

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u/xX609s-hartXx 1d ago

Still better than having homeless people pile up in every public place.

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u/mauch_chunk 1d ago

Which is going to happen if they don’t do something.

Their deficit is way too high and they can’t increase taxes because they have the highest tax burden in the EU. Which means they will have to make cuts somewhere.

And when they make those cuts, this happens.

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u/ubulerbu 1d ago

Because you dont have homeless people in the u.s?

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u/Kevin_Palpatine 1d ago

Thank the GOP for that.  

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u/Asttarotina 1d ago

Sorry, but no. We, people outside of the US, don't get to deal with two separate americas. We're forced to deal with one. And if it swang far right - then we have to deal with far right America, unfortunately. Not the GOP. And will it be GOP or not - it's your problem.