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France: Understanding the Gilets Jaunes Uprising | |
2018-12-12 | |
[QuodVernum] The vast majority haven't been told the truth about life for ordinary citizens, in France. As a result, they don’t understand the significance of the violent ‘gilets jaunes’ protests across the country. Having lived in France for years, REX explains why these are the most important protests in France since 1968 - and likely a beacon for citizens all across Europe.
This is a genuine uprising by millions of city and country folk, young and old, crossing different ethnic and cultural lines. Macron’s diesel tax hike wasn’t the cause of the gilets jaunes movement. It was the spark detonating a bomb, that has been building for decades. It is the first time since 1968, that France has seen such a genuine and uprising popular uprising, against the French state. This protest is different. And it has very specific, historic reasons, as this article will reveal. The Real France Think you know the real France? Here are a few facts that may shock you: • The French state has been bankrupt since 2004. A minister finally admitted it in 2013. Another revealing statistic: "structural unemployment" is now at 9 -10%. That statistic measures when it is impossible to find people who have the skills and qualifications, to fill available positions. Why? French kids aren't being educated to participate in the workforce. So even if France has a growth spurt (it won’t), they won’t have the labor to fill the new jobs. So how did this epic disaster happen? And if blame is to be allocated, who bears the most of it? In other words - why are millions of French citizens on the rampage, right now? Because there’s a real France, that few ever see. The France of the gilets jaunes. Or as we might label them, les deplorables. And they are in a state of fury at a ruling class who not only let the population suffer, while enjoying a life of luxury and wealth, but who also blame ordinary people for their own suffering. | |
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