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| | *Tomlinson, Chris (January 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/16/yellow-vest-popularity-france-surges-movement-fresh-momentum/ Yellow Vest Popularity in France Surges as Protests Find New Momentum]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 16, 2019.</ref> and even a year after the protests began, a strong majority of Franch citizens supported the movement.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (November 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/11/16/one-year-on-majority-of-french-still-support-yellow-vests/ One Year On, Majority of French Still Support Yellow Vests]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 16, 2019.</ref> Even some police have shown a reluctance to [[Nuremberg defense|follow orders]] to take action against innocent people.<ref>https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2018/12/05/french-police-remove-helmets-after-days-of-violent-protests/amp</ref> | | *Tomlinson, Chris (January 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/16/yellow-vest-popularity-france-surges-movement-fresh-momentum/ Yellow Vest Popularity in France Surges as Protests Find New Momentum]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 16, 2019.</ref> and even a year after the protests began, a strong majority of Franch citizens supported the movement.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (November 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/11/16/one-year-on-majority-of-french-still-support-yellow-vests/ One Year On, Majority of French Still Support Yellow Vests]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 16, 2019.</ref> Even some police have shown a reluctance to [[Nuremberg defense|follow orders]] to take action against innocent people.<ref>https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2018/12/05/french-police-remove-helmets-after-days-of-violent-protests/amp</ref> |
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| − | An old adage says the people in France always win in a fight with their government. Macron, whom globalists praise as the "savior of Europe,"<ref>Hale, Virginia (December 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/06/liberal-elites-macron-worship-turns-sour/ That Aged Badly: Macron Worship Turns Sour as Protests Intensify]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 6, 2018.</ref> made concessions that violate the EU's budget austerity rules.<ref>Multiple references: | + | An old adage says the people in France always win in a fight with their government. Macron, whom globalists praise as the "savior of Europe,"<ref>Hale, Virginia (December 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/06/liberal-elites-macron-worship-turns-sour/ That Aged Badly: Macron Worship Turns Sour as Protests Intensify]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 6, 2018.</ref> made concessions that violate the EU's budget [[Ascesis|austerity]] rules.<ref>Multiple references: |
| | *Mikelionis, Lukas (December 8, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/french-yellow-vest-protesters-tear-gassed-in-violent-clashes-with-riot-police-in-paris French Yellow Vest protesters tear gassed in violent clashes with riot police in Paris]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 8, 2018. | | *Mikelionis, Lukas (December 8, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/french-yellow-vest-protesters-tear-gassed-in-violent-clashes-with-riot-police-in-paris French Yellow Vest protesters tear gassed in violent clashes with riot police in Paris]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 8, 2018. |
| | *[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/08/macrons-france-hundreds-detained-yellow-jackets-march-presidential-palace/ Macron’s France: Hundreds Detained as ‘Yellow Jackets’ March on Presidential Palace]. ''Breitbart News''. December 8, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018. | | *[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/08/macrons-france-hundreds-detained-yellow-jackets-march-presidential-palace/ Macron’s France: Hundreds Detained as ‘Yellow Jackets’ March on Presidential Palace]. ''Breitbart News''. December 8, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018. |
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| − | Weeks after Macron threw a bone to minimum wage earners, protests and calls for his resignation continued unabated. After generations of government duplicity, people are not fools anymore. What socialism and the [[welfare state]] give with one hand, it takes back through taxes and [[inflation]] with the other - especially in the [[zero sum]] game of government debt and budget austerity. The beliefs of the [[liberal elite]]s, to imagine people rioting and protesting for a [[minimum wage]] increase so that they can remain at the bottom of the Marxist class structure, or that people's spiritual needs in a [[Christ]]less society can be mollified with cash, only demonstrate how out of touch and demeaning those elites are toward the public. | + | Weeks after Macron threw a bone to minimum wage earners, protests and calls for his resignation continued unabated. After generations of government duplicity, people are not fools anymore. What socialism and the [[welfare state]] give with one hand, it takes back through taxes and [[inflation]] with the other - especially in the [[zero sum]] game of government debt and budget [[Ascesis|austerity]]. The beliefs of the [[liberal elite]]s, to imagine people rioting and protesting for a [[minimum wage]] increase so that they can remain at the bottom of the Marxist class structure, or that people's spiritual needs in a [[Christ]]less society can be mollified with cash, only demonstrate how out of touch and demeaning those elites are toward the public. |
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| | As the movement grew, students joined in support of workers, opposing the hardships [[big government]] imposes on people's everyday lives. A manifesto appeared mirroring President Trump's agenda.<ref>Delingpole, James (December 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/10/france-yearns-for-trump-style-revolution/ Delingpole: France’s ‘Yellow Vests’ Issue Trump-Style Manifesto]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 10, 2018.</ref> | | As the movement grew, students joined in support of workers, opposing the hardships [[big government]] imposes on people's everyday lives. A manifesto appeared mirroring President Trump's agenda.<ref>Delingpole, James (December 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/10/france-yearns-for-trump-style-revolution/ Delingpole: France’s ‘Yellow Vests’ Issue Trump-Style Manifesto]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 10, 2018.</ref> |