Just weeks after hugely disruptive protests and strikes over pension reforms in France finally died down, businesses in the country are grappling with the fallout from a week of rioting.

Just weeks after hugely disruptive protests and strikes over pension reforms in France finally died down, businesses in the country are grappling with the fallout from a week of rioting.

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
    161·
    1 year ago

    I wish we had the same mentality as French when it comes to protesting. Here people generally complain in a pub while drinking beer.

    • foxblood@lemmy.worldEnglish
      06·
      1 year ago

      I get your point. Actively contributing to politics either by joining a party or by protesting is supporting democracy.

      But looting stores and robbing people en masse only discredits peaceful protests.

      • Zanshi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        I agree, looting stores is not the way to go. But peaceful protests are way to easy to just ignore

        • foxblood@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          The required mass of people is definitely higher. But if you are interested, I can recommend reading about the Monday demonstrations which brought down the eastern Germany regime. They were (by a broad majority) peaceful.