Americans are not the French. I can’t see them protesting like the French until they get into a much more desperate place than they currently are. And Americans are in a worse position than the French.
France is smaller than Texas, and 20% of the population lives in the Paris metro area. About 3% of Americans live within a comparable distance to D.C. The logistics of getting that concentration of protestors in one place are just way more difficult in the US, everyone is so spread out. Not to mention the French get like a month of paid leave every year.
Why would it? The oppressive forces of the state are pretty organized and hierarchical.
Decentralized protests are great, don’t get me wrong, but they don’t really compare to Parisian protest, especially since protest is a pretty notable element of Parisian culture.
Americans are not the French. I can’t see them protesting like the French until they get into a much more desperate place than they currently are. And Americans are in a worse position than the French.
France is smaller than Texas, and 20% of the population lives in the Paris metro area. About 3% of Americans live within a comparable distance to D.C. The logistics of getting that concentration of protestors in one place are just way more difficult in the US, everyone is so spread out. Not to mention the French get like a month of paid leave every year.
Wouldn’t the extra space make it harder for the oppressive forces of the state to control things here? We need decentralized protests.
Why would it? The oppressive forces of the state are pretty organized and hierarchical.
Decentralized protests are great, don’t get me wrong, but they don’t really compare to Parisian protest, especially since protest is a pretty notable element of Parisian culture.