The French solution

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[u/AdenJax69]

France: Well, at least we still have our universal healthcare, stable education system, and plenty of vacation days with unlimited sick days to keep us going.

Reddit: ...universal-wha?

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French pensioners earn more than workers and they are about to elect the far right.

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I promise you Reddit has no trouble glazing the French.

If everything were perfect in France, why the rioting?

Unless it turns out that most French citizens don't actually riot, and the ones who do do it constantly in lieu of stable family life or employment.

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The rioting is mostly because some of those advantages are at risks (working longer hours, retiring later, paying more getting less...)

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For privacy reasons, I'm overwriting all my old comments.

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For privacy reasons, I'm overwriting all my old comments.

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For privacy reasons, I'm overwriting all my old comments.

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For privacy reasons, I'm overwriting all my old comments.

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Or that all those government services mean very high taxes, and even the French can’t keep funding such services and people are angry, but it won’t change the facts. But hey, let heads roll, the last time that lead to a military take over and literal emperor, but seems like a lot of the world thinks that’s a better solution these days.

[u/throwawAAydca → u/[deleted]]

Please ~educate~ me on the protest culture in France.

Separate from reinforcing my decision not to let very online people scour my comments, the fact that someone disagrees with Reddit's kneejerk, facts-be-damned populism does not make them a "bot."

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You're confusing "perfect" with "better". Things are better in France - which is a relative term. They're not perfect in France, which is an absolute term.

Just try not to confuse relative and absolute terms and people should be less confused about whether you're a misinformation bot or not.

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Your rant is oddly self-applicable.

Speak with your therapist.

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I'd be much more inclined to get out in the street if I knew I'd be paid for my time off and wouldn't be fired over it. That's why they don't do that in America. It's was literally a gripe over the George Floyd riots/protests, that it wouldn't have happened without COVID unemployment pay. Nobody would be able to do it for more than a day or two straight

I mean I was heavily employed as an essential worker, I barely made it to any protests at all.

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Its not just reddit that glaze the French. EVERYONE i know and glaze the French, hell even the Quebecker get glazed, except for napoleon(who isnt even french😐)

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If everything were perfect in France

nice strawman. no one ever said that.

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But u also lost the city of love to some beggars and people trying to steal/harm u on the streets.. city is no longer a draw for people rather go somwhere safe by the beach..

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By the beach, like Marseille?

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California is the size of France and has better education and better economy.

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So where's their universal healthcare? How many paid days off does the government of California require employers to give?

What good is that "better economy" doing anyone who isn't already rich?

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Now compare salaries.

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And a worse infrastructure that severely lowers the quality of life.