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Kesdo

Protests in germany: I will work as normal, but will make no overtime at all.


Stormpooperz

Laughs in Deutsche Bahn!


TheOnlyFallenCookie

That is their normal work schedule


Roflkopt3r

[The culture shock of people with an actually functional rail network coming to Germany.](https://youtu.be/9GgS_T1ovjw?t=11)


Giapeto

The Greek state is more functional than DB


Left-Twix420

Thanks privatizing railroads


BloodySatyr

What’s wrong with the German rail network? Can’t be as bad as the UK.


Roflkopt3r

20-30 years ago some governments decided that it should be privatised. They never really followed through with that, but in order to make it more "competitive" they cut expenditures. And they did so in all the wrong places, causing huge technical and organisational problems that have degraded the service to this day.


LunaNazzari

Oh. So it's like the italian one.


Friezerik

hey wait we did that too in the netherlands...


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MoreCamThanRon

It's ludicrously expensive.. a round trip to London costs me £50 whereas its £30 in fuel and parking. Take a couple of people with you and the price difference gets silly. Basically there is no incentive to take a train over your own car here, other than avoiding traffic.


freman

Almost sounds like our rail network here, 40k to the city, would cost maybe $5-10 in fuel and generally takes 50 minutes with occasional 3 hour blowouts by road. VS $15-$20 by train and a constant stream of cancellations redirections and issues that see you take 6 hours to get home. On more than one occasion I was on a train that was 2-3 minutes late to an important station but saying the trains run on time is more important than saying the passengers get to their destination on time so they cancel the train I'm on and replace it with a fresh "on time" service from the stocks. Net result is if you're paying attention and get off the "cancelled" service you're now 20-40 minutes late while you wait for the next one. If you're not paying attention (say reading a book, one of the selling points of trains) you stay on the train and are now heading east instead of North and it takes you 4 hours to get home. It got so bad a few years ago when they added new lines without actually adding trains and staff that I, a major proponent of public transport, finally gave up and got my license and a car. Never been back.


MoreCamThanRon

Wait so if a train is late they cancel it and replace it with a fresh one? What happens to the people on the cancelled train? Where is this, out of interest?


freman

The people on the late train either disembark their now cancelled/replaced service and wait for the next train going the same way (20-40 minutes, depending on how far up the line you wanted to go cos not all trains went all the way) or if they weren't paying attention they stayed on the train when it was reused for a different route and ended up in a completely different destination - which when you're usually the last stop on the line so are happily wrapped up in your book can lead for a very long trip home. Brisbane Australia, specifically anything coming in from the Ipswitch line that was late to the Roma Street station, usually trains going to Caboolture or Nambour before they added the new line off at Petrie, no idea how that changed one trip to Redcliffe on the way home was enough for me to get my license especially after a few trips to Shorncliffe. And nothing beets the feeling of standing at the platform at Milton or Toowong (just a couple of stations south of Roma Street - in fact half the time we'd walk from Milton to Roma St just for better service) to hear your train be declared an express service because it was late, watch it go by half full, see two other regular express services go by half full, knowing you'd have to stand there for another 30 minutes.


Roflkopt3r

It got a lot worse over the past couple decades with the privatisation push. Now its apparently re-nationalised again, but I doubt they'll invest much money between the economical issues from Covid and Brexit.


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Aiken_Drumn

It's all perspective. As a Brit, it's ridiculously expensive and shite... But it 'works' and UK coverage is pretty good compared to most other nations I think.


knorke3

Thank you for this absolute work of art :D


Secretively

I used the DB when I came across from Australia and loved that I could travel from Berlin to Bonn to Munich to Amsterdam and it was such a novelty not to fly it... What am I missing?


Roflkopt3r

Huge issues with trains running late or missing entirely, truly awful customer service in many areas, bad technical reliability, frequent strikes, and so on. In some large cities, only 60% of trains arrive within 6 minutes. Over some months about 8% of train rides were cancelled entirely. There even is a meme about the so-called "Pofalla-Wende" (Pofalla turn, named after a politician). This absolute genius proposed to have delayed trains on a two-way trip just turn around before reaching their planned turnaround station, which would then allow it to make all of its return stops in time. Obviously this would completely fuck over passengers who tried to enter or leave at that station, but at least it would lead to lower delay statistics...


TheReignOfChaos

When I was leaving Munich to travel to Prague, the German train guy came in halfway through the trip to tell me the train is cancelled. The train I was sitting on. One hour into the trip. Cancelled. I got dumped in some Czech city with a note on a piece of paper and directions to a bus stop.


Roflkopt3r

Yeah I had the misfortune of needing to commute by train for a month once. In that time there were two major (> 1 hr) delays and one cancellation where we got put into busses half way.


zehnodan

I was an exchange student in Germany when a bus strike happened in 2011. The bus drivers still drove at peak hours so that people could get home. And then there was Stuttgart 21. That was different.


Stormpooperz

Besides the jokes(yes German humor is a thing and portion of it is around trains. Check out the Wiseguy video someone posted in comments), Deutsche bahn also ensures that people reach destination even during their strikes. For example i was traveling from Freiburg to Kassel and there was a strike asking for payraise. they deliberately plan their strikes during peak season. On the day of strike, They stuffed us all in a bus and moved us to Frankfurt. We were all in a bus like contortionist in a trickster’s box. But yes, we did reach our destination


MoffKalast

[Relevant wise guys](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXjhszy2f9w)


NachbarStein

Except for those covid-deniers idiots which are "strolling around" (idiot-speak for marauding) through cities. And the police is taking action against the counter-protesting students trying to hold off an angry mob of a hospital. Sorry for all east Germans, but you guys have some serious problems, man. Edit: changed anti-covid to covid deniers as that's what i meant


TheRealJ0ckel

At least most east german Covidiots have the excuse of (some only in their perception, other actually) having been f\*\*ked over in the 90s. Those geniuses in west germany (where this particular movement originated) don't even have that.


Lemmiwingz

I mean I understand living in Stuttgart has to be pretty terrible as well, but there have to be better options than going full anti science


fforw

> having been f**ked over in the 90s They fucked themselves largely. Voting for outrageous promises in spite of lots of people already telling them that it was total bullshit at that time.


TheRealJ0ckel

Most people definitely didn’t vote for mediocre business school seniors to take over their companies and selling all orders to western companies. They didn’t vote for secret contracts killing their workplaces and for knowitall westerners to occupy every high ranking position available. Yes most companies weren’t able to compete with the free market, but there were some who could compete and a lot of them got run into the ground. Foron and CAS to name two.


fforw

> Yes most companies weren’t able to compete with the free market, but there were some who could compete and a lot of them got run into the ground. They were run into the ground because they voted for economic policies that ensured just that. Exchanging currencies one to one was what broke the back of the companies that might have had a chance otherwise. If they'd been able to produce cheaper, they might have found their niche. Add to that the lack of patience that not only believed the lofty promises of "blooming landscapes" but wanted them *now*! There was a chance for a general reorientation of both parts of Germany and they threw it away for empty promises.


TheRealJ0ckel

Well that’s populism Kohl was the Pear shaped master of. I agree, that a let’s say five year transitional period like west germany got after the war would have been very beneficial but don’t forget that western companies heavily lobbied against that. There are multiple examples of western companies actively sabotaging eastern ones through lobbying and plainly buying them out and stomping them. Yes people sadly voted CDU in 90 and 94 but that doesn’t mean it’s their fault that they were f**ked. There was so incredibly latge amounts of economical misinformation out there, spread by lobbyists, western politicians and the late eastern propaganda it was very much a shit show in which the election were held.


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NachbarStein

I meant deniers, corrected it


karlos-the-jackal

And knowing Germans they would spend that time off playing their [work simulators](http://i.imgur.com/r9m3y6S.jpg)


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The thought of some German gent 100%ing New York Taxi driver simulator has my sides in orbit


lioncryable

There is a simulator called LKW-rangier simulator which translates to Truck-shunting(no idea if this word is correct, deepl told me) simulator. You literally only park big trucks.


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Maybe Truck Parking simulator


SwordSaintCid

Protests in Japan: I will work normally, and the customers get everything for free. Everything.


69isverynice

Protests in Japan don't exist cuz their government supplies them with all the octopus porn they need


westwoo

Fun fact - Germans work less than the French and Brits (and of course, much less than Americans, Chinese, Russians, Japanese, Mexicans, etc who are extremely overworked in comparison and are in a whole different league altogether) In fact, an average German worker works TWO WHOLE WORK MONTHS less per year compared to an average American worker Whatever ordinary Germans are doing to protest and take back the power from the elites clearly works great because they are de-facto closer to achieving the goals of socialism than (almost) all other nations. And they have also somehow managed to be stereotyped as extremely hardworking, which is a double win


Butterkeks42

The aspects you mentioned are certainly valid, but the amount of income and wealth inequality in Germany has been on the rise for quite a while and it doesn't look like that's going to change anytime soon. Furthermore, quite a few other work related aspects have been worsening, too. So it's slightly more of a mixed bag. On a side note - working/staying at work long hours is not the same as working hard, let alone effectively. Though I'd agree that we aren't (extremely) hard working.


donald_dick142

The last time the germans tried socialism it didn't go to well. /s


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Hust91

I suppose you could make common cause with the kurds?


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WokeGuitarist

I’m American, could someone give more context? I’m genuinely curious


wegwerfennnnn

Excluding the far left (climate change activists) and far right (anti foreigners and now covidiots), Germans are very passive in regards to trying to changing systems. "That's how it is and there is nothing to be done. At least we have a still functioning healthcare system and parental leave so I guess I can live with the current state of the umpteen billion other things that could be improved".


knorke3

I mean... we do get active and protest... we just do it in accordance with the laws and regulations that exist around them... because we just love to regulate absolutely everything ^^


UncivilPixel

It's not a protest. It's a work event.


6ixDank

They wildin out there in France, burning cities for a work event?


UncivilPixel

Nah the UK bud. Should of clarified that. For those out of the loop. The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed that the parties that took place at No.10 during Covid lockdown were a work event and not parties. This prompted outrage from the public who had sacrificed so much. Then JaackMaate on YouTube hired a load of people to dance and chant outside Downing Street.


Nasty2017

All of these leaders of countries live by the strict rule of "rules for thee, not for me". It's infuriating.


Sibir_Kagan

You will only find a handful of leaders in the entire history of mankind who have done otherwise.


rainator

Most have the good sense not to make it so obvious.


SomeGuy6858

Hilariously enough it feels like medieval rulers had more consequence to their actions than these days.


Geezertiptap

You say all that, but you need to wait for the Report from Sue Gray.... you know, Sue, whose boss is Boris Johnson.


UncivilPixel

It's like having kids marking their own exam papers...


SnuggleMuffin42

> Should of Should of indeed..


Princess-Puffer

Hell yeah, it's a team building seminar, the team who burns the most garbage cans and piles of tires gets a 200€ coupon, to be spent exclusively at certified wineries. That is the French esprit de corps my friend.


Lorrdy99

It's tradition.


nezzzzy

Actually that's how they celebrate New Year.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59847372


comrade_batman

At the time they did not realise it was a protest until someone pointed it out afterwards.


mohawkal

Another difference is the government response. France: Oh no, people are protesting. Let's fix the problem. UK: Oh no, people are protesting. We'll make protests illegal. I stand corrected. The neo lib bourgeoisie governments of both countries are terrible and ignore the needs of their people.


Exetr_

Luckily, that law got struck down recently.


JxY1989

Only by the Lords. Tories will just add it back in to the bill and send it back to the Lords. If they were really desperate, they could pass it by "Act of Parliament" which effectively bypasses the Lords. Last time this was used was by Tony Blair to enforce the Fox Hunting ban. He knew he had to get round the Lords because they all fox hunt, so kept rejecting it. Patel could try something similar, and smirk whilst she was doing it. There aren't many people I hate, but Priti Patel is one of them. Evil bitch.


CakeIsATotalLie

actually just making protests illegal? jesus christ


JxY1989

The protests would only be illegal if they are "noisy or causing a nuisance".... ... So literally every protest. Tories really are scumbags.


CakeIsATotalLie

I have not known about those "Tories" you refer to until 15 minutes ago, but they seem like they get no bitches.


JxY1989

Conservatives. For some reason the British nickname for them is the Tories. Our equivalent of the Republicans.


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[Niche bit of etymology here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tories_\(British_political_party\)#Name), but most people remember it nowadays as "Conservative" -> "Conservatory" -> "Tory", even though that's not how it originated.


JxY1989

That's interesting. Weird that they call themselves Tories too. Particularly those "scholars" of history Mogg and Boris.


WhyDieWhenEatPie

Tory comes from the old Irish word Toraidh that means outlaw or thief.


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Ah yes, JRM. The right wing pseudointellectual whose published works are seen as total crap by actual historians.


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Tory comes from the Irish toraidh. It’s a civil war era insult: toraidh were Irish bandits.


LewixAri

Not Irish bandits. It's just the Irish word for bandits.


ARetroGibbon

Our equivalent of the republicans but probably more central than their Democrats in all honesty. Still scum though.


JxY1989

Yeh. In many ways, far better than their Republicans. But worryingly appear to be slowly creeping closer every year.


Learning2Programing

I'm scottish so they are pretty much hated by over 90% of our country since we don't vote for them but are stuck with them. To paint a picture, imagine an elite class of rich people who have utter disdain for the poor and disabled in society. During a global pandemic there first reaction was to steal tax payers money by setting up fake companies that had never produced a thing in there life getting exclusive contracts. While at the same time taking £20 away from the poorest in society. Think people who only care about increasing their own wealth (landlords love to vote for them and our laws reflect that). That's the sorta people the torries are, evil upper class cunts. Also extra drama the country is having a meltdown because while everyone was in lockdown they where having boozing parties everynight, even when the queen her self attended her husbands funeral alone for social distancing.


ThomasTheHighEngine

The US used to have Tories too. They advocated that we should suck up and pay taxes instead of declaring independence from Britain


ForsakenTarget

The bill is massively vague so could be used on just about very protest. It’s also has rules in that allow police to stop and search anyone in the area and as they want to make having an item that could be used to disrupt you could be walking home with some glue in your bag, walk in the general area of a protest get stop and searched and then be charged for having the glue as it could be used to glue hands to roads. The bill is massively authoritarian and even the police said they didn’t want the bill


CakeIsATotalLie

... this shit cant be real, what Vague bills tend to be garbage bills, but this is something else


Twisted_nebulae

Yes - our home secretary is a far right prick who wants to make protesting illegal. She lacks any sense of empathy; she has voted against same sex marriage and argued for capital punishment (currently illegal in the UK). She has worked for the tobacco industry in the past and voted against the smoking ban and has done MANY other awful things. She's awful.


Geezertiptap

Don't forget the bullying of civil servants.


Fitfatthin

She is hot though


JxY1989

I mean, if you're desperate enough, I guess.... I just don't see it.


PartyInTheUSSRx

A hot steaming turd on the shoe of the U.K.


Bacon4Lyf

Hate her, but she’s got an absolute dump truck


michaeltheobnoxious

Priti Patel is a legitimate sociopath. Of all the people that should not come within an inch of 'power', I think she is a high contender.


56Bot

The French government doesn’t really fix anything though. They tend to make it up.


SangEtVin

"We'll give you 100€ now please shut the fuck until the elections and remember : if you don't vote for us, you vote for the racists"


Het_smiecht

How few parties can people vote for, given that the only options are 'racist' and 'me'?


SangEtVin

There are other parties. They just pretend that they're the only other option and hope to convince us that it's the case.


fuckmy1ife

Yeah, but some protest are just about people not understanding that for changes, everybody need to make an effort. Or that the government does not have infinite money.


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rosebirdistheword

Film the burning bin and then « can we really let that kind of violence dictates our policies? »


Volodio

In France, they don't fix the problem, they send the police and tell them to use military grade weapons against the protesters.


Jozroz

Wait what, the French police are militarised like in the US? Or is it the gendarmerie that is, given it is a branch of the military?


PhantasosX

I mean , it’s France...they literally had all forms of governments in just 70 years and for a century , every protest devolved into a coup.


Orpa__

They even did a loop, kingdom, republic, empire, kingdom again, kingdom but more liberal but not really, republic again, empire again, republic again. Paris even did a communist revolution once but that didn't last long.


buckmulligan61

I agree. It's a tradition in France. Aux barricades citoyens!


skateofsky

They aren't armed with actual war weapons, but the rubber balls launchers can pack quite a punch.


Sadzeih

And pepper spray grenades


ionosoydavidwozniak

> France: Oh no, people are protesting. Let's fix the problem LOL


[deleted]

Kind of true. French protests have often struck down laws and have brought down governments, but not really because the government is nice, more because the unions are fucking powerful and grind the whole place to a halt


SucculentChinaMeal

Boris is a cunt, is a cunt *BORIS IS A CUNT*


The_prophet212

https://youtu.be/fQiGiLJINjo Will never not be relevant


davawen

magnificent


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Name one elected leader who isn’t.


Ryodan_

Yes to be a head of state you need to at least be something of a narcissistic sociopath with delusions of granduer. But there's a difference between "were raising taxes to pay for more hospitals" level of cunt, and "I'm actively here to destroy democracy for my own personal gain", Johnson falls much more in line with the latter.


poopellar

France: Fire burnin on the streets UK: Fire burnin on the dance floor


Magical-Sweater

French protests have historically been.. uh.. worse than that.


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Magical-Sweater

> for now. 🧐


Macho2198

Calm down bro


isntaken

it's in his blood.


Sorlex

The Directorate would like to know your location.


Jozroz

Something something, guillotine their heads...


Friendly_Signature

“Worse”… more effective?


YouLikeReadingNames

If you call creating an empire which is a pretty word for big dictatorship a successful revolution, then yeah.


suicidal_beanthing

British folk just want an excuse tae sing and dance


much_doge_many_wow

Wdym "sing and dance" they are conducting important business at a work event


Frap_Gadz

It was a BYOB business meeting.


much_doge_many_wow

Don't forget the cheese platter


CatNoirsRubberSuit

>Wdym Still not sure if acronym or Welsh.


much_doge_many_wow

Can't be Welsh, its readable


jaersk

can't you see that was all boris wanted to do as well? see, you're not that different after all, remember you are all in this together, the british elite in their mansions and luxury condos, and you in your... dwellings


no_status00

protesting in italy: forcing your senate to watch hentai


MajitonoveCZ

Is there a link to such event somewhere?


no_status00

[https://www.gamerbraves.com/italian-senators-forced-to-watch-tifa-xiangling-porn-after-zoom-meeting-hijacked/](https://www.gamerbraves.com/italian-senators-forced-to-watch-tifa-xiangling-porn-after-zoom-meeting-hijacked/) no need to thank me


MajitonoveCZ

Youre a good man. Thank you


no_status00

no problem brother


SudoLasers

whilst talking really loud into your mic


Jazano107

It would actually be good if more people protested like the french, maybe then wouldn’t get so many shit laws and policies Boris would be gone by now if we were more like the french


kuemmel234

On the other hand, France got a lot of shit laws and policies. French people don't really trust the police, I think?


Styxie

They've also got loads of good ones. People don't trust the gendarmes the most there. They're the military police and are cunts. Regional police are generally OK.


Faust__VIII

Serieux ??? J'ai l'impression que c'est l'inverse en campagne profonde. Les gendarmes c'est ceux qui savent ce qu'ils font un minimum, et la police c'est ceux qui font du zèle. Les CRS (aka les principaux concernés ici) sont d'ailleurs de la Police, pas la gendarmerie. _ Sorry, thought you were French. Seriously ??? I feel the oppposite in the deep countryside. Gendarmes are the ones who relatively know what they're doing, whereas the Police are the one being cunts. CRS (aka the main culprit here) are 100% police.


davawen

même sentiment


khalediverson

Oui c’est l’inverse


Oukaria

Wat ?? We love the gendarmerie What we hate is the police, especially those from Bac


Volodio

Protesting in France doesn't change anything. The government doesn't care, they will just send cops to use military grade weapons against the protesters. There are plenty of shit laws and policies passed in France, even when there are massive protests against it.


Jazano107

I have literally seen their protests change multiple things


Volodio

In 2010, the government passed a law to change the retirement system and make it worse. There were six months of protests, with millions in the streets at its peak. Government didn't care and the law passed. In 2016, the government passed a law to change work laws. Again, six months of protests, millions involved, and government didn't give a shit, law passed. In 2018, Yellow Vests protests against the capitalist decisions of Macron's government. The protests went on for 2 years, every week, and was only stopped by covid. Macron didn't give a shit, he sent the cops against the protesters and they used dangerous weapons, some military-grades, which resulted in many being mutilated (lost eyes or limbs). Here is a picture of what the cops did when they tried to end the protest (careful, it's gore): [here](http://lemurjaune.fr/). And today, for months now people have been protesting against the sanitary pass and how the government attacks people's freedom. The government gave so little of a shit that the laws became way way worse than what people initially protested against.


entinio

That’s so awfully wrong. Like 2018, which was mainly about the pension rework, and it got suspended (and still is). And about the antivaxx protests, I wouldn’t call those "protests". Especially since most french people agree with the law. I guess we get here a lot of people who wanna make the government look like a dictatorship on purpose.


Volodio

Dude, stop lying. The protests against the pension started in December 2019. There wasn't even a concept of the law in 2018. And the only reason it didn't pass is because of covid, protests didn't matter at all. The Yellow Vests protests were started over an increase of fuel taxes and the revendications expanded over the weeks. People going in the street, organizing themselves and demanding some change of the law is literally the definition of protests. And 72,7% of the French people [disagreed with the law](https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2021/03/17/covid-19-pres-de-sept-francais-sur-dix-opposes-au-passeport-vaccinal_6073449_3244.html). Not that it matters because protests are protests regardless of their overall approval among the population. The 2013 protests against gay marriage were still protests even if most people did agree with the law allowing gay marriages.


Jazano107

i didnt say it always works but to claim it doesnt change anything is very wrong


JxY1989

Or they'd just ramp up the authoritarian bullshit. Like this godawful Police and Crime bill that the Lords ripped apart and sent back. Do you really think Patel will look at a riot and go "maybe they have a point?". She's a psychopath. She smirks at the idea of children drowning in the channel. She'll just pass some horrific law to combat it.


Melvo98

Why was this downvoted? Priti Patel is a danger. If Boris goes and she becomes prime minister I will genuinely be worried


JxY1989

Possibly because I was being ambiguous and people thought I was suggesting that the French gov could pass that law (which they wouldn't, only our psychotic government would ever consider that... Or maybe somewhere like Belarus). Either that or it was Priti Patel downvoting me and now I have no citizenship anymore....


Jazano107

Yeah good luck passing that kinda law in France lol, if people in France were protesting and the government tried to pass a law to stop it they’d go mental. No way the government would last


big_manYeeter69

You think that arson, vandalism, chaos and danger are good?


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Better than letting an elected government know they have nothing to fear from defying you because you’ll roll over for them regardless out of fear of disturbing the peace. Temporary chaos is better than long term decay caused by fear of the upheaval that comes with change. Most of the British public have never had a revolutionary bone in their bodies and in an age where it’s more important than ever for the people to stay on top of their elected servants that’s going to come back to bite us. Democracy only continues to work for as long as the elected representatives respect and fear our collective power as the electorate they are answerable to.


michaeltheobnoxious

There is an entire subculture of weird Royalty loving middle-englanders who love the taste of boots in this country, alongside a huge proportion of Working class folks who allow their anger to be diverted to their neighbours, rather than their 'leaders'. Those of us that had any radical sentiments find ourselves burnt out byb the age of about 40, owing to the simple fact of our not making a blind bit of difference.


guto8797

Unironicaly yes You think the powers that be will bow down to polite requests? When it's HK protestors making barricades and lobbing Molotovs they are noble freedom fighters, when it's here, they are violent looters. People said the same shit about MLK, that the marches were violent looting mobs, before they whitewashed the whole deal into "peaceful protests" So long as no one gets killed or seriously hurt, it's fair game


RedditIsRealWack

As a car owner, who sometimes parks their car on the street, no thank you..


RedditIsRealWack

In the UK, banter is a way of life and our second language. It's what we all understand best. The more jokes at the PM's expense around this, the more it gets into peoples minds.


numbers_all_go_to_11

This is why Boris will probably remain Prime Minister.


Sir_roger_rabbit

Boris a dead man walking. He's using every dirty trick in the book to hang on but yeah it's only a matter of time before his ass is gone. The best part is because he's using every dirty trick in the book there be no reward of Sir or Lord in the future as he's pissed off too many of his own party. It's actually fun to watch as every day he gets more and more desperate.


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Boris is probably in that crowd dancing with them.


kylediaz263

French don't fuck around when it comes to protests.


ThePhantom1994

We’ve made it an art form.


RavagedBody

Protest is only really a real protest if it's in a certain region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling discontent.


im_a_gamer_kid

These are the moments that make you wonder if democracy works or not


gimme_dat_good_shit

A democracy is only as vibrant as people's capacity to detect and reject bullshit. As mass media becomes better able to maintain mass delusions, democracy won't work as well because the voters aren't living in the same reality and can't even recognize the issues, let alone attempt to address them.


Drugs09999

tbh whatever system we have there will be always a problem


TeaAndCrumpets4life

I love jaackmaate


VonVard

Used to think he was a bit of a know it all but this really changed my opinion on him. Good lad


Het_smiecht

I seriously don't understand why protestors would cause destruction. Yeah, it sends a message, but the people who receive the most message are those who happened to park their car there, or those who happened to have a business there which was robbed and destroyed by protestors. Seriously, if you are angry at the government, be angry at the government. But don't involve others. Edit: as Teelogas mentioned, I should add that of course most protestors don't cause destruction. The problem is that there are just enough that for a given protest, there is likely a small handful who do cause destruction.


TejasaK

Don't you dare say anything against- my right to wreck shit *cough cough*, take part in democratic protest. I will not change but the world must change for my benefit and only in a way I see fit. If you don't agree you are racist facist baby-killer.


Teelogas

Yea, it's so annoying. These ppl are oftentimes the reason, why riots are seen as something bad, by some ppl. Like all it takes is one out of 15k ppl to light up a car and that's all that will be talked about. That also makes the ppl look bad who went to the proteststs for normal reasons.


Suasx

That is an incredibly simplistic way to look at it. 99% of people don't go out and burn shit just because, nor would they loot and steal if they had a good comfortable life. First of all it has been documented MANY times and in several countries that riots/violence are often instigated by infiltrated agents to discredit the protest. Then there is the whole rage and indignation that many people feel when their peaceful protests, their voting and their "legal" ways bring no change at all and prove useless. Most people just throw their arms up in the air and are just lile "oh well", and so the status quo never changes. Other people get fed up with it and take it out on things, and this is an important point, most often its violence against property and not people, for a reason. Another point is, historically a lot of big social changes were achieved thanks to violent protests (40 hours week in a lot of countries come to mind for example). Since it was recently MLK day, I recommend checking out his speeches about this.


big_manYeeter69

Yeah, if you had a kid who wanted a later bedtime and then burned your car you wouldn't then raise its bedtime.


somethingabouttea

*THIS IS A WORK EVENT* *THIS IS A WORK EVENT* *THIS IS A WORK EVENT* *THIS IS A WORK EVENT*


kiasmith99

Excuse me, this was a work event


cheesynaachoos

They just wanted to show their sick moves lmao


Far_Pop_5560

Britishness at its finest


nihir_beast

But that's just a work event


dxsgraced

Looks like a work event to me?


lilrealgoonie

Protest in Australia : Go directly to Jail . Do not pass Go, do not collect $200


ILikeFistingALot

Someone didn't watch the London riots a few years back


jain_sarthak216

This is a work event.


DarkStriker748

That’s a protest? Looks like a work event to me


saynotobras

Would’ve been a really dark meme if you’d have seen what they do to protesters in india


Dark_WizardDE

So true. In India, if you're not burning down at least 3 buses for a minor inconvenience, are you *really* having a protest?


APCR_Bullet

The british are just built different it seems


ImCanc3r

France is just keeping the tradition going.


Sidmoka7

The french simply have more experience in the business.


dumpzyyi

French have long traditions on revolutions.


RussianVole

Uhhh I seem to remember much of London on fire during a 2012 protest.


truthdemon

In case anyone wants to see the full video: https://youtu.be/xXGvy4Rt8vA


Rubz2293

Something South Africa and France has in common.


IGJFlew

A few months ago Reddit was hating in the guy at the bottom for taking the piss about a German girl during the Euros. Good times


JeveGreen

I think the Irish would like to speak to the OP.


Tryeeme

FWIW 'Britain' usually only includes England, Scotland and Wales.


JeveGreen

You're right, I apologize. I read "UK" where Britain was. That's entirely my mistake. My point still stands though. I mean even the Irish will unironically admit how good they are at rioting.