2026-03-16 16:59 UTC
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@BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-16 18:44
I like to show my students the clip of French firefighters protesting and how they're making police pull back. There's a lesson in there about teamwork and being prepared. >In France, we take to the streets for the smallest issue (or so they say), and the world mocks us. We don't mock you guys for that. There's plenty other things to use for mocking the French. We're secretly in awe of the liberal application of the guillotine in a class struggle.
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@yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-16 19:00
The world mocks you only as standard preset punchlines. Its more upholding tradition than actually funny or real. For rioting over small shit, I assure you you have our utmost respect.
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@vivalapivo@lemmy.today 2026-03-17 11:15
>the world mocks us I don't. Go go frog eaters!
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@Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2026-03-17 22:05
France is much smaller; USA is more comparable to the entirety of the EU. Millions of people are protesting often, but the BBC isn't reporting about it on the front page. We have "national" protests every few months, millions of people around the country. There are big problems organizing here, USA is a surveillance state and if you are an organizing party (like let's say the Greens for one example), they are watching. The USA so far has been "too big to fail", but that won't last forever
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@toad@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-17 11:02
the problem with france is that the nazis have all the guns
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@chunes@lemmy.world 2026-03-16 21:14
Pretty sure you wouldn't use firearms against your government if you had them either.