The so-called mainstream media that I keep tabs on seems to mainly be painting the gilets jaunes or Yellow Vest movement in France as little more than mindless rioting – anarchy, disorder, hidden Russian influence, and other bad things. The reason why they are painting this picture is because they are terrified. The reason they are terrified is because some of the more savvy among them are well aware that this kind of leaderless movement against unfair taxation, corruption and austerity is exactly the kind of movement that rose up at the beginning of 1848 and led to the formation of the Second Republic in France, and big changes in so many other countries, too.
1848 and the Yellow Vests
1848 and the Yellow Vests
1848 and the Yellow Vests
The so-called mainstream media that I keep tabs on seems to mainly be painting the gilets jaunes or Yellow Vest movement in France as little more than mindless rioting – anarchy, disorder, hidden Russian influence, and other bad things. The reason why they are painting this picture is because they are terrified. The reason they are terrified is because some of the more savvy among them are well aware that this kind of leaderless movement against unfair taxation, corruption and austerity is exactly the kind of movement that rose up at the beginning of 1848 and led to the formation of the Second Republic in France, and big changes in so many other countries, too.