Hey there guys, bonjour tout le monde.
I've been part of the protest in Paris for a week now, and although it's really getting more and more difficult (the police, the tear gas, the failed attempts at dividing us…) I'm still pumped, and so are millions of us.
In fact, we're already organizing a next wave of protests with people who were not around (so the millions of us who did can rest a bit) in order not to let this thing die down.
I often come to this subreddit, since there's a lot of kindred spirits around, and I simply wanted to say something:
You people can definitely do as well, if not better than us: you have the numbers, you have the guts, the vision, and the will to do it, there's no way you don't with everything your government is making you go through. It's not about wages, I know salaries in America are significantly higher: it's about basic rights and respect for human lives. If our our own government suddenly started to try and do to us the same thing they do to you…we'd really go for the kill this time, and they know it.
I don't believe for a second that you can't do the same thing, it's just that our cultures are different and that you've been told that work was everything and that one should be happy about doing it until one's death , which probably leads to a significantly bigger resilience than us when it comes to dealing with bullshit…but when a majority of American workers suddenly go “I've had enough of this shit, I'm coming for you assholes”…man, the billionaires in your country are going to shit their pants.
We have a saying in France: “beware of the silent guy who's never been violent his entire life, because when he suddenly is, then he's coming for your life.”
I think that pretty much sums up the American people. The day you revolt against your masters, it's going to be an awful day for them.
I wish you guys the best, send you all of my respect, and hope we'll one day be able to fight these fucked up people on a global scale.
Take care America, your leaders suck, but you people rule.
nb: Bonjour à mes compatriotes Français qui trainent dans le coin 😉