Tag: power

  • Successful Protesters

    Successful Protesters

    Let’s have a quick look back at the first four weeks of Yellow Vests protests in 2018 and what they have already obtained: ·        Fuel tax hike abandoned ·        Pensioner’s tax hike abandoned ·         Rise of the minimal wage ·         The…

  • Go, Go, Go!

    Go, Go, Go!

    Thank you for opening the town halls for complaints, more than a step before opening them for the referendums. Operation “open town halls” on Saturday, December the 8th: “In this troubled period, mayors can connect citizens and the State”: https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/transports/gilets-jaunes/operation-mairies-ouvertes-samedi-dans-cette-periode-trouble-les-maires-peuvent-relier-les-citoyens-et-letat_3087821.html Kneeling protester: A new symbol of the YellowVests? | RT: https://www.rt.com/news/445965-protesters-kneel-police-students Les GiletsJaunes se mettent à…

  • Vth Republic, still there…

    Vth Republic, still there…

    The French Fifth Republic gives too much power to the president, who can behave like a monarch without listening to the demands of the people. Thanks to the 49.3, he can pass decrees without the opinion of the elected parliament. He can choose his prime minister without taking the people’s vote into account. He can…

  • Trump’s shadows

    Trump’s shadows

      Elections – The Electoral College Was Designed To Prevent Trump. You Can Make This Happen – The Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/douglas-anthony-cooper/the-electoral-college-was_b_12897066.html Elections – What has happened – Status threat, not economic hardship, explains the 2016 presidential vote – Academy of science: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/04/18/1718155115 Elections – Recounting a day of rage, hate, violence and death – How a rally…

  • I can’t be a tyrant without you all

    I can’t be a tyrant without you all

    If no one pretends to believe the tyrant’s lies, if no one obeys the tyrant, the tyrant has no power. Si personne ne fait semblant de croire aux mensonges du tyran, si personne n’obéit au tyran, le tyran n’a pas de pouvoir. Comment la servitude peut-elle être volontaire ? – Le Gai Savoir – France…