I concede that the French people are much better about smashing shit up when they're angry, and we Americans should learn from that. But don't get too high and mighty until you can actually manage to put a left-wing government in power for a sustained period of time. Don't think we didn't notice that only half of French liberals voted for the leftists and 20% voted for the far right in the second round, even as 70% of leftists voted for the liberals and functionally zero percent voted for the far right. And the far right got the most raw votes in that first round. You are not much better than us, you just have a more organized--yet only marginally more effective--left movement. You still live in Macron's nightmare of austerity, and you expect praise because you didn't let someone even worse take some of his power.
I really do not know what to say about the USA any more.
Except that you seem to be the most ridiculous people on the planet. YOU will do NOTHING to stop this ridiculous charade.
STOP paying your taxes "en masse." or don't vote/or vote for 3rd party.
But you are a bunch of 'lilly-livered' people who can do Nothing to save the world.
I notice how you have not had any discussion about the French elections.
I have lived here for 23yrs and every time we have Le Pen up for President we have defied her. Le Pen is a facist the same as your Govt.
How come the US people are so deficient?
Education is the key.
IF you ALL do not pay your taxes how many people can be imprisoned.........are there enough prisons?
You are heading for a Civil War which will be much worse than not paying your taxes to keep corrupt leaders in power.
I am not interested in your 'facile' comments of "what can we do?"
I concede that the French people are much better about smashing shit up when they're angry, and we Americans should learn from that. But don't get too high and mighty until you can actually manage to put a left-wing government in power for a sustained period of time. Don't think we didn't notice that only half of French liberals voted for the leftists and 20% voted for the far right in the second round, even as 70% of leftists voted for the liberals and functionally zero percent voted for the far right. And the far right got the most raw votes in that first round. You are not much better than us, you just have a more organized--yet only marginally more effective--left movement. You still live in Macron's nightmare of austerity, and you expect praise because you didn't let someone even worse take some of his power.