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0 pointslm2846910mo ago0 comments

idk man last time France raised the gas price by like 10% people were in the streets every weekend for a year, often blocking highways, warehouses, at its peak ~3 million people were in the streets, they got so close to Macron's castle he had his helicopter prepared to flee the capital

It ended up with 11 deaths, thousands of injured, thousands of people were arrested hundreds went to jail. Look at Serbia, Greece, damn even Turkey seems to put a better fight lol

https://www.ledauphine.com/france-monde/2018/12/13/gilets-ja...

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viraptor10mo ago

Although the precise numbers are uncertain, the Hands Off protests have definitely crossed 2M in the US already. We'll see if they stop or not.

Spooky2310mo ago

The current protests are terrible. The loudest mobilized voices are the pro-Palestinian people, who are a wet blanket on a protest as they don’t have wide support.

We need more angrier people.

tremon10mo ago

Comparing these mobilization figures against the countries' populations:

France: 3M/70M ~ 4%

US: 2M/350M ~ .5%

The US needs roughly a tenfold increase in numbers to match France.

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