Hecatonchire Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 I don't know if the FDR community follows what all goes on in France, but yesterday there were extremely violent protests aimed at AirFrance, and it reminds me of the ones held against Uber this summer. Every time they act like this, I feel like I'm seeing into the truth of how violent socialism/communism really is. All of society's violence that goes hidden by the government's smokescreen is suddenly out in the open. When these protests happen, French society is not shocked. It often sympathizes with the people that openly attack and brutalize people trying to survive. AirFrance needs to make cuts or else the entire company will go bankrupt and they do this to someone bold enough to tell them the truth. In the Uber scenario, the cab driver's union attacked people that drive for Uber. Links: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/11911943/AIr-Frances-HR-boss-his-shirt-as-he-escapes-furious-mob.html http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/26/8852461/paris-uber-protest-interviews-uberpop-taxi-drivers
Alan C. Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 French socialists and unions are among the dumbest people on the planet. Striking utility workers cut power in France to protest partial privatizations (2004) Striking power workers switched off street lights and cut electricity to homes Thursday to protest plans to partially privatize public utilities. Rail Sabotage Is Reported in France (2007) As a national transit strike stretched into its second week, arsonists disrupted high-speed train service on four main routes... Government officials called the fires a “coordinated act of sabotage.” French unions threaten to sabotage D-Day anniversary in dispute over wages for electricity workers (2009) French workers accused of 'being lazy' by U.S. tycoon riot on streets as last ditch protest to save 1,200 jobs descends into violence France to seek ban on Amazon bundled discounts, free delivery France calls for EU to regulate Web giants to counter dominance Unemployment In France Just Hit A 12-Year High And Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down (2011) France’s Relentlessly Deteriorating Unemployment Fiasco Thousands strike in France over pension reforms (2010) Commuters Walloped by Strikes in France, London (2010) French unions challenged unpopular President Nicolas Sarkozywith a major nationwide strike over plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62, shutting down trains, planes, buses, subways, post offices and schools. France convicts Google Maps for unfair competition
AccuTron Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 "Sainte-Mère-Eglise, the famous town where U.S. parachutists landed on D-Day, has already been blacked out during a so-called ‘trial run’ by the activists." Boy, if that doesn't tell whose side they're on. I forget where I read this, maybe Military History Quarterly, but prior to WW2's outbreak, the Germans menacing on the French border, French workers in a tank factory stopped work, striking for wages. A little shy of clear vision.... And someone complains about Anglo-Saxon leaders mucking up France; sorry chaps, but those were Anglo-Saxon paratroopers liberating your country.
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