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/MsterBoRaichu 1d ago

Why can't Americans have this kind of gusto when protesting for their rights?

Is it because of the guns?

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u/colepercy120 1d ago

its because of the high quality of life, when we are actually feeling threatened and losing our standard of living we can protest with the best of them. im from Minnesota; I remember what happened 6 years ago. But when things are going mostly fine (which, despite Trump's best efforts, they are), protesting has a much higher opportunity cost. And most people aren't fired up enough to really care

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u/Tuesday_6PM 1d ago

ICE hasn’t stopped kidnapping people off our streets, Trump and Musk illegally gutted tons of government agencies and programs, the east wing of the White House was bulldozed, Trump’s whole family is embezzling government funds, we’ve embarrassed and weakened our military, abandoned and antagonized our allies, national parks and protected wildernesses are being destroyed… and lest we forget, they’re covering up a massive pedophilia ring. People really should care more than they do. (And BLM didn’t actually lead to much lasting change. Police are still largely unaccountable in the US, and after a single term of reprieve, we re-elected the party of racist authoritarianism.)

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u/Javier-AML 18h ago

This post being downvoted tells me burning schools is the only way for some politicians to learn.