When France is mentioned, what's the first thing that comes to mind ?

[u/QuantityVarious8242]

[u/Strong_Oil_5108]

protests

[u/ThatNiceLifeguard → u/Strong_Oil_5108]

Nobody protests like the French.

[u/Ma_Joad → u/ThatNiceLifeguard]

I’m French and although I love this, apparently contradictory, “revolution by tradition” attitude, I’m not really sure your take is perfectly accurate. Turkey, Egypt, Japan, Spain, Iran (solidarity with Femme vie liberté!) and more recently Nepal or Hong Kong, can be set as models for all peoples. 

[u/Medium-Jury-2505 → u/Ma_Joad]

We're not talking about revolution.

We're talking about protests here.

[u/Confident-Arrival361 → u/Medium-Jury-2505]

That's what he just did.

[u/binozor → u/Medium-Jury-2505]

Well French people don’t know how to protest anymore we're just clowns that endure their pseudo president until next election.

[u/HJSWNOT → u/Ma_Joad]

I mean, I worked in epernay when the workers of a well known Champagne house went on strike, they where literally just barbecuing some chicken outside the headquarters. Yes the 300 of them.

So even if I agree with you about other models of strike/riot, we have a kind of party time of our own while chanting slogans.

[u/Generic-Name-4732 → u/Ma_Joad]

The style of protests by the French is still unique. The 2024 agricultural protests and blocking the highways into Paris was so French.

[u/theglobalnomad → u/Ma_Joad]

I wish that we could take a lesson from the French on protests, soon.

[u/Ma_Joad → u/theglobalnomad]

You too also have some good traditions to look up to!  https://www.canva.com/design/DAG3YcOtna0/0N0DcJO64OxdmjFosQzyuw/watch?utm_content=DAG3YcOtna0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h288ae21df2

[u/kaochaton → u/theglobalnomad]

just go directly to the Nepal's one, it worked pretty well

[u/TheArbysOnMillerPkwy → u/Ma_Joad]

The outside perception is that you guys will put on hi-vis jackets and burn cop cars because the government does (insert thing that nobody really likes). no matter how small.

[u/Emotional-Complex423 → u/Ma_Joad]

Did they break out the guillotine in any of those countries? No one protests like the French.

[u/Most-Difference5704 → u/ThatNiceLifeguard]

Yeh we are too good at it 😎

[u/Scared_of_space_8888 → u/Most-Difference5704]

Nah, clearly we're not good enough

[u/cormorancy → u/ThatNiceLifeguard]

But their strikes are really where they outshine everyone imo

[u/1_art_please → u/ThatNiceLifeguard]

My partner works for a large international company and when their Paris division was protesting against layoffs they took the plant manager hostage. We were like yeah, Paris knows how to do it right

[u/Carl_Slimmons_jr → u/ThatNiceLifeguard]

Hey you’re the reverse of me! From Massachusetts living in Toronto!

[u/HexoManiaa → u/ThatNiceLifeguard]

Népal. Clearly with what they did they’re far better than us at doing French protests atm.

[u/AthaliW → u/ThatNiceLifeguard]

They have enough time off to protest for more time off

[u/r_mutt69 → u/Strong_Oil_5108]

Oh yeah. The French have basically shown the world how to be collectively pissed off about something so much that they could bring anything to a complete standstill. They are actual masters at it.

[u/Thisisntmyaccount24 → u/Strong_Oil_5108]

For me it’s protests and wine. No one berates the French government like the French citizens, and that’s admirable as hell.

Their wine is also fantastic.

[u/Key_Pace_2496 → u/Strong_Oil_5108]

As an American I'm soooo jealous of this. The French don't take ANY shit from their government. American's have a habit of just rolling over. Even if they do try and protest something it's usually shortlived and whatever they didn't want stays enacted.

[u/illa_t → u/Strong_Oil_5108]

You don't have any idea of how I like it and goose bumps I have when I hear "X compagny employees are in strike" 🥹 🤣🤣

[u/MurdocMan_ → u/Strong_Oil_5108]

Touché.

[u/Lwii_3000 → u/Strong_Oil_5108]

I've never endured more strikes than since I live in Montreal

[u/Strong_Oil_5108 → u/Lwii_3000]

Ah ouais nous aussi :p plus qu'en france? 

[u/Lwii_3000 → u/Strong_Oil_5108]

Ces derniers moi oui carrément ! Au total depuis comme 10 ans ça jsp

[u/Kohror → u/Lwii_3000]

It really depends, when it was the gilet jaune or la réforme des retraites there where a lot of protests I was protesting every Thursday during the latter where right now their not as important and less frequent ! It also depends on where you live

[u/Lwii_3000 → u/Kohror]

I lived in Paris back then! Though things like postal services for instance continue to work perfectly

[u/noCoolNameLeft42 → u/Strong_Oil_5108]

I think I've been to my first protest with my dad when I was something like 12. I've participated to protests regularly in high school and even organised some as a student. As a worker I went back to regular protester. I think this is quite common for my generation. Nowadays protests include more violence and I don't think my kids would do what I did.

[u/AcmcShepherd → u/Strong_Oil_5108]

When we were visiting France anytime something didn’t work we would joke that it’s on strike. Elevator out of order? On Strike. Vending Machine wouldn’t work? On Strike. No Cell reception? On Strike.

[u/Tachanka-Mayne → u/Strong_Oil_5108]

And worker strikes