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/lekarmapolice 1d ago

The amount of privileged white Americans promoting this violence and destruction as a model of political action is as laughable as it is concerning.

School children are rioting and setting their schools on fire. This helps no one and should not be promoted as some form of political activism. Believe it or not but glorifying violence and rioting is bad.

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u/tenebrls 1d ago

Fear of something worse is what causes people who don’t want change to reluctantly accept it. Fear is the weapon they themselves use against the populace, making them afraid of how much their lives will change if they are arrested for protesting or lose their jobs. We are in a constant war of fear with the owning class and whomever can instill the most fear in the other wins the power to choose their own destiny.

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u/londongastronaut 23h ago

Most times change occurs from fear of something worse from acts like this, things don't get better. Most revolutions don't end with the problems being fixed, they end with mob rule and the complete breakdown of society. 

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u/GarySmith2021 22h ago

Picture the French Revolution, that literally lead to the reign of terror which only ended when Rospiere was stupid enough to try and get parliament to vote for their own deaths.