Well, I'm not French and I'm not saying what approach to take. I'm just pointing out the broadly apolitical character of the protests and the reactionary element within. I never said "do this" or "do that." It's up to the French left to decide.
I have seen Melenchon with the yellow jackets from his Twitter feed. I've also seen yellow jackets burning a monarchist flag.
Right. Macron is very much "save the environment through buying reusables." Green consumerism, etc.
That's like any protest in the U.S.
Here's Yvan Benedetti apparently getting K.O.'d by other yellow jackets:
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Benedetti is an extreme right-wing fascist activist type.
[Conspiratard mode: ON]
Wait a second. What if all this shit has been kicked off as some kind of false flag, with the intention of things eventually getting out of hand like this?
It could be Emperor I V P I T E R willing to create a pretext to go full police state. Or it could be some state's higher-up not liking the God-Emperor (too much neoliberalism and privatisations could be detrimental to many tall poppies in a traditionally statist and dirigiste country) playing this game to shame him and eventually BTFO him. I remember a general or some shit like that resigning after a few weeks into Manu's reign, and I don't remember the exact reason, but that created a few ripples.
[Conspiratard mode: OFF]
Anyway, Manu abolished the wealth tax, cut the income tax for the highest bracket, plus he's gutting the welfare state and pushing for the job market liberalisation like no one before. Now, he's shifting the financial burden on those at the bottom of the fiscal food chain. Shit was bound to happen.
Just look at it dude, it's already under the guidance of the CIA or some homegrown fascist group.
You need to take the Kay pill and realize that environmentalism is a reactionary neo-feudal plot by aristocrats and ex-Fascists.
I'll be in France in nine days. What do?
Based Armchair
I'm pretty sure that France is still under high alert after the last terrorist attack. That severely limits the scope of any protest. A frenchie will have to clarify