It certainly doesn't seem over yet.
The media and the governments are doubling down on propaganda saying the movement is fizzling out and that there are much fewer protestors. The backlash from the GJ has been enormous.
It gets more interesting when even YouTubers and influencers are speaking out for the GJ denouncing the blatant lies from the government responses.
This guy uploaded this yesterday and it already has 125k views on YT, and much more views on Facebook. You can watch with auto-generated subtitles. He's pretty mad at the whole lying to your face thing and he's confirming that the movement is actually getting stronger. He's calling for support for the final push.
The police blocked most of the main routes to Paris so as to make it looked like the movement lost steams, but the GJ are getting creative. Lots of people are calling for rallies even during Christmas, saying things like "Christmas is every year but now we get our only chance to make things better for our children"
If they manage to do something for Xmas then that would be a huge message to everyone, at which point the government simply wont be able to play the attrition war anymore.
This is getting more interesting everyday and if you follow the timeline of May 68, which this movement has been compared to, then we are soon reaching the climax after 3 weeks. The stake is the end of year's celebrations. A country in tatters during this period is a social and political disaster for any government. If the GJ can succeed then as history shows you can expect no less than the Elysee being emptied with everyone fleeing for themselves.
If it goes to that point all will depend on whether or not Macron has support from the army, which was a real kicker for De Gaulle back in the day. Obviously De Gaulle was a president-general so naturally the army supports him. Macron is anything but that, but the French army now is no longer what it was in 68.
The media and the governments are doubling down on propaganda saying the movement is fizzling out and that there are much fewer protestors. The backlash from the GJ has been enormous.
It gets more interesting when even YouTubers and influencers are speaking out for the GJ denouncing the blatant lies from the government responses.
This guy uploaded this yesterday and it already has 125k views on YT, and much more views on Facebook. You can watch with auto-generated subtitles. He's pretty mad at the whole lying to your face thing and he's confirming that the movement is actually getting stronger. He's calling for support for the final push.
The police blocked most of the main routes to Paris so as to make it looked like the movement lost steams, but the GJ are getting creative. Lots of people are calling for rallies even during Christmas, saying things like "Christmas is every year but now we get our only chance to make things better for our children"
If they manage to do something for Xmas then that would be a huge message to everyone, at which point the government simply wont be able to play the attrition war anymore.
This is getting more interesting everyday and if you follow the timeline of May 68, which this movement has been compared to, then we are soon reaching the climax after 3 weeks. The stake is the end of year's celebrations. A country in tatters during this period is a social and political disaster for any government. If the GJ can succeed then as history shows you can expect no less than the Elysee being emptied with everyone fleeing for themselves.
If it goes to that point all will depend on whether or not Macron has support from the army, which was a real kicker for De Gaulle back in the day. Obviously De Gaulle was a president-general so naturally the army supports him. Macron is anything but that, but the French army now is no longer what it was in 68.
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