Monday, 3 December 2018

French Yellow Vests


In Batman Begins they showed an organization called League of Shadows, an organization which destroys the cities so the new one could rise from the ashes.

In 2011 we had London Riot, where London burnt for several days. The riot happened mainly in cities and was blamed on migrants and black.

Now after 7 years it is Paris which is burning. And as it was noted in one of the debate on France24, all rioters were white. France also had a riot last year in 2017. But it was largely led by the black community.

Why is it, that, most prosperous countries in the world are experiencing riot which was basically a third world phenomenon?  Is this the work of a sinister organization as stated in Batman Begins? Or is there something more than meets the eye?

If you want to learn what’s really happening, the first thing you will have to do is stop watching TV. Seek your news from social media. Yes, there is much fake news. But you get to hear real stories from real people, especially with the advancement of Facebook Live.

It appears that people are unhappy with Fuel tax which was a burden for already heavily taxed Frenchmen. And one thing you should know about French that they do not like their taxes.

Life has been hard in most of the developed world Europe as well as America and Japan. But this riot phenomena is, till now, only found in Europe.

As China and India are rising, the world’s 2 biggest populations are attracting money from other parts of the world. This is resulting in loss of job, loss of capital and degradation of life in general in the developed world. While the majority of world population i.e. China and India, are coming out of poverty, this is causing transfer of wealth from Europe/USA to Asia. It is overall resulting in higher inflation and lower income in developed world.

If trend continues, we shall see more of such riots in upcoming years happening all across Europe.

The current riot in France is not linked to any organization as such. These are people, wearing Yellow Vest, spontaneously destroying public property. But there are organizations all across Europe which are result of racial and social tensions. The notable ones are Identitar movement from Germany, Golden Down political party from Greece & Freedom Party from Austria.

It will be interesting to see how Macron handles the situation and comes out of this turmoil. If not contained this phenomena is expected to spill out in Europe. Just coverage of it on 24x7 news channels will give rise to dissatisfied fractions in other European nations.

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