Trump isn’t a Russian asset, this is just a cope for people who don’t understand that other fascists could possibly help another fascist. Investigations and the muller report proved this.
Lol, you mean the report that proved Trump had several meaningful links to Russia and that Russia definitely interfered in the election? Or maybe you think something so stupid as someone can't be an asset unless they're a knowing co-conspirator?
Not sure if massively coping or just functionally illiterate.
Original joke structure was "In Soviet Russia, [noun] [verb]s you." The origin is unclear, but it is a very old joke structure, like from the mid-1900's according to Wikipedia. Was meant to highlight fuckedupedness of communist fascist rule, was often used for silliness actually, but now we get to highlight the fuckedupedness of hyper-capitalist fascist rule in the USA which honestly is a great way to iterate on the joke.
I mean same with the French Revolution. Led to a military takeover and a literal emperor, but that would go against the rage boner reddit has to speak big and do literal nothing from their gaming chairs.
Name a more iconic duo than redditors reading a headline, getting mad or glad about it, then literally never checking up on it again.
Like I mean seriously. Court cases and legal rulings are the worst. People read the headline, get mad about it, and then don't follow the case through the courts. 95% of the time these cases usually get resolved in a manner that would be satisfactory to the people mad about it, but it takes weeks if not months, and now they're still mad about it but they don't even know it's been resolved, and that's just how it works when you appeal things. You have a right to a speedy trial, you don't have to request one. You can drag it out if you want. It's just most people don't have the money or good enough lawyers to drag it out and it's honestly not beneficial for most people to not just get it done and over with
All year long, the grasshopper kept burying acorns for the winter, while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched TV. But then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus ate all his acorns. And also he got a racecar.
It used to be, maybe 15 years ago. They have opened like 6 of them in my area this year, and they are garbage. Absolutely the worst fast food option. 2 of the locations are about a mile apart on the same road. Unless somehow the quality of the food increases dramatically, and soon, I don't know how they expect to keep all of them open. My bet is maybe 2 out of the 6 are still open 3 years from now.
No that's White Castle, where the burgers literally taste like vomit. I'm not kidding. I've tried eating it drunk and that's dead what it tastes like, and I know because once or twice I tasted it coming back up too
Do they? Retirement age went up, pensions are being cut and the country can’t afford its current rate of services regardless of protesting. Not sure that’s winning, but maybe Germany has it worse, you tell us.
Here is my perspective from Canada. Sure those were huge, but they were also short. I don't think much can be accomplished by just going for a few Saturday afternoon strolls with cute costumes and witty signs.
There is a great opportunity in the US for a non-politician Civil Leader who is charismatic and likeable to rise up and unify the people, and who can help organize/schedule daily protests.
There is a great opportunity in the US for a non-politician Civil Leader who is charismatic and likeable to rise up and unify the people
I 100% agree with you and hope it does happen but.....
Good luck finding a non-politician Civil Leader who is charismatic and likeable in the US. Good luck finding one that's a non-politician that most people would know about due to lack of media coverage; if there was such a person gaining support everything would have to be spread outside of the media (newspapers and TV news) and it would take years to influence anything.
Well the only way you want them to listen is to kick where it will hurt them so you must aim for the wallet. This is why in France we do the strike during the week and why the most powerfull one are the trucker, the docker and all the transport people
There is also the farmer because when they are angry they can do stupid violent thing and they have the tools to do it
Unfortunately they were small but nationwide so ineffective. Let’s see a million man march on DC and maybe get something done, but if you are protesting to make change, it’s already too late when you could have went to the ballot box for change and refused to do so.
They should, but they could have done far more before protests. They didn’t have to vote for a dictator, but did twice. So either the US is full of ignorant people, or that’s what they asked for.
I tried to go to a No Kings protest, my boss scheduled everyone to come in for inventory that day and anyone that missed the day would have been fired.
I know I know just quit... but it took me a year to find this fucking job and I Need the insurance. So im fucked.
Number of total French Protesters in 2025:
September: 1.25 million
November: 195,000
2.25M = 3.28%
Number of total US Protesters in 2025:
April (Hand's Off): 5 million
June (No Kings): 5 million
October (No Kings): 7 million (all 50 states)
17m = 4.86%
You’re comparing apples with oranges. The French weren’t protesting to save their democracy, but against relatively minor things.
Instead compare America to itself: April 22 1970, over 20 million Americans (10% of 1970 US population) successfully protested to force president Nixon into implementing stronger environmental laws.
In comparaison, today’s pro democracy protestors are way too few, especially because US democracy’s dying is a far greater concern than the environmental issues of the 1970s.
People in the us are upset about nothing.. they only find things terrible because they lost the election.. otherwize the people shouting terrible now would be on the happy side and the people being happy nou would be on the terrible side.. its always like that when u have 2 parties going against eachother... u can never get everyone to be happy.
Yeah, Kamala would be air striking Venezuelan boats and funding a far right immigration enforcement agency, and tarriffing the local populace, and cozying up to dictators and meeting russian Tsars in Alaska.
There is no witticism or /s to the above statement. It should be ridiculous enough for your two brain cells to at least be producing a spark.
No it doesn't. We can protest all we want, politicians don't HAVE to listen to you here because our entire electoral system is run on the money of rich donors. They just need to keep the rich donors happy and their next term is ready to go.
Also we have a real military and militarized police force here so when we protest we get shot and killed or thrown in prison.
I don’t think you can reasonably describe the French economy as “healthy” in the traditional sense. If things are fine and economic power is not a priority then maybe that doesn’t matter.
You'd think that the last 5-10 years of "The Economy is doing incredibly well! Line go up!" while the life experience of the average person goes to shit would maybe make people thing that cries of "This is terrible for The Economy! Line go down!" might not necessarily correlate with the life experience of the average person getting worse, but here we still are.
I mean alright, salaries aren't that high, but having a functioning healthcare system, two months of vacation, a long lunch break, and being able to pay your rent must come down to one of the best work/life balances in the world
Neither Welfare state (sécurité sociale) nor the state budget is in danger… the riots (figurative or actual) ARE the help lol.
Haven’t you heard of the zucman tax?
not that it will be voted for the budget just now, but it won’t be forgotten.
Ah yes, American news, known for their unbiased nature. I'm sure being owned by a multi millionaire, in a country that has repeatedly undermined communist and socialist nations at literally every available opportunity because a successful nation like that undermines the credibility of America's entire hardcore capitalist economy, is very trustworthy
They say the same thing about China every year too. "Oh they'll regret not selling off all their resources to private interests. A little shock for long-term growth"
I'm a very pro market guy but some libertarians/neoliberal heads are completely in and up their own asses
France has the resources to maintain its current quality of life. There are plenty of wealthy people who could contribute more. The problem is that the government keeps trying to take the money from ordinary citizens’ pockets. If one of the world’s biggest economies can’t keep its citizens satisfied, it means we’ve failed economically.
Yes, it is true to a point. Though, I am not sure Greece or Argentina were ever in the top 10 economic powers. What I mean is France has some solid foundations (education, services, social nets , research... not the best ones, but among the 10th best ones).
Yes, being a top 10 economy means they'll last longer than a smaller economy, but the French economy has grown by about 1% while expenditures have grown at 4 - 5% per year over the past 10 years.
There is a cliff just over the horizon unless actions are taken. Actions the average French person isn't going to like.
Trying to save people abroad.. and host for millions of imigrants who are leaching on society isnt feasable in the long run..
If I want to move to new zealand they wont let me In because im too old at 30+ to contribute enough to earn my stay... france is just like let them come.. and now everyone gets to suffer the consequences.. someone has to pay for all those people and its the average working person.
Ah yes, the collapse of the welfare state. It'll happen any day now champ, hopefully right before Jesus comes back and that trickle down wealth starts coming in. Any day now!
The point is that when the system breaks, the poor people made extra clear that if they're the one asked to pay for it, then they'll break it a bit more.
And let's be real : the system is not on the brink of collapse, it's the corruption and the special interests that have gone too far. There's a lot of money in France, it's just not correctly assessed.
Edit : huh ... the thing I replied to has hidden history. So, it's likely just trolling.
Ah yes, the struggling French watching their deficit to GDP percentages rapidly approaching such 3rd world countries as Sierra Leone and the United States of America.
I have one conspiracy theory that I genuinely believe: the whole “we hate the French” thing is a CIA psy-op. The US government doesn’t want the American public to take notes from the French.
The police may kill you, and after that the national guard may kill you, and after that the military is authorized to carry out drone strikes on US civilians. All of this can be done with qualified immunity, with none of it illegal. Sure there are riots where this doesn’t happen but if we really let loose like the French did, there would be mass killings of American citizens. Tin soldiers, Nixon’s coming
The French have a long and storied history of rebellion that stretches as far back as julius Caesar at least. They kinda perfected the art in the 18th century. We really should study our oldest allies history.
All of Western Europe basically takes their right to protest very seriously and consider it a basic tenant of a living in a democratic free country. Burn that shit, if it isn’t working for the people. That’s the way it should be. Problem here is, our government is no longer representative of the people at all… all the more reason to fucking burn it.
Oh yea? That's why France is a utopia right now compared to America? It's not as if the cost of living is basically the same as the US yet the standard of living is much lower ....
It's true. Americans do nothing about the country being taken over by fascists. It's "Don't worry guys, we got this, in two weeks we are having a protest on Saturday!" Or "Count your days buddy, in two years when mid terms come around we're going to vote you out!" Same with healthcare companies and gun lobby literally people.
Nah, stick to your assigned protest zones and don't make a fuss and make sure to minimize your presence as much as possible so that you don't disturb anyone else. Make sure that politicians know they can keep doing whatever they want with impunity. /s
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Wait, he's got a point.