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Doesn't France have those folks in yellow jackets rioting in the streets every other week? Did they riot about Macron's coup?
The gilets jaunes was not really an organized movement; more of a coincidental alignment of purposes starting with, of all things, the rise of gas prices.
There are likely going to be some huge student protests, which usually take a little bit to organize; but at this point a lot of people are half convinced that Macron's abuse of power will make any social movement meaningless.
The gilets jaunes was
Wait, you mean they weren't protesting the cost increase of Gillette razors? Man, I completely misunderstood that movement.
The yellow jackets was a specific movement in 2018-2019 that was mainly about cost of living/gas prices (ergo the vests, which are you are required to have in a car). That was 5 years ago. Right now, the NFP parties, unions and other leftist orgs are protesting against Macron.
Oh okay I thought it was a flash mob kind of deal