• HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    Yet if you keep the comparison until present times, you can only acknowledge the fact that the French once again rioted very violently and for months back in 2018-20. The “yellow vests” were mostly lower-income workers from far away suburbs and villages. Facebook let them organize and have a real impact on national politics and policy.

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      7 days ago

      It was also a significant amount of right wing agitprop opposing any reduction to fossil fuel usage…

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        7 days ago

        Yep, I wonder what would happen in the US if gas was suddenly taxed 50% up (much more than the yellow vests case, but it is a thought exercise)