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RE: Is the Yellow Vest movement the beginning of something bigger?
It is easy to destroy, difficult to build. I get why they are taking to the streets. What is the plan to replace the existing order? We see politicians constantly running on how bad their opponent is. Then they get real hazy on what they would do different. Slogans are bullshit. I want to hear the specifics.
Leave it to the French. They cut the heads of the Monarchy, and yet they embraced an Emperor less than 20 years later.
French news update: https://steemit.com/news/@samstonehill/mainstream-media-continues-to-distract-while-french-police-make-their-own-list-of-demands
French news update: https://steemit.com/news/@samstonehill/mainstream-media-continues-to-distract-while-french-police-make-their-own-list-of-demands
I think most people are awake to the reality that it is a systemic problem but don't know exactly what to do about that, so the dominant feeling which is left is anger.
@alexpmorris was able to find this unofficial list which shows what the yellow jackets want:
https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/france-bleu/demands-of-frances-yellow-vests-as-uploaded-by-france-bleu-november-29
Reading through it I fear they don't stand a chance. And so it continues...