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As a Brit at those French protests I would carry signs informing the French of the freedoms us Brits have won so far. It's brilliant how the cops leave us alone to party.

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Interesting & I wasn't aware of 2 distinctive groups - funny that it was the YV's who were once accused of being Right wing extremists. I'm glad that he mentioned Neoliberalism as introduced by Reagan & Thatcher with shareholder primacy being one of it's major goals, which necessitates the regulatory capture of government regulators that was plainly obvious in 2008 when the banks collapsed - SEC & rating agencies all protected by those in the DUJ who all arrived there through a revolving door & thanks to Obama nobody went to jail except for a few of the lower orders including Bernie Madoff who made the mistake of robbing the rich - kind of a precedent in a if you are big enough you are above the law sort of a way & it's also noticeable that banks & other corporations were bailed again as Covid got going.

I believe that what we are seeing now is a variation on the above theme, building in momentum already ongoing eg Private equity funds ownership of hospitals in the US.

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Feb 15, 2022
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Amen with the caveat that if there is a revolt it should be in the mold of the American Revolution instead of the French Revolution ;)

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