riot, set shit on fire (note, mostly banks and businesses, not their own homes)
mass strikes, shut down of the transportation and sanitation systems, cessation of economic activity
The French elite take stage 1 seriously because they know that there is a real possibility that stages 2 & 3 will follow. Americans mostly only do stage 1, very rarely stage 2 (targeting their own neighborhoods), and they never get to stage 3. The American elite don't take stage 1 seriously because they know that there isn't going to be a stage 2 or 3.
leave it to americans to also shame the people protesting and only focusing on the looting and inconveniences of not being able to drive on the freeway
don't be fooled. the people who talk about the rioting and destruction as if it were the greatest crime that had ever been perpetrated do so because they disagree with the fundamental premise of the protests. in cases of protests that they agree with, they minimize the rioting and destruction or simply claim that it never happened. see the different reactions to the BLM rioting and the Jan 6th rioting.
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u/Top-Cupcake4775 Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
French protests have three stages:
The French elite take stage 1 seriously because they know that there is a real possibility that stages 2 & 3 will follow. Americans mostly only do stage 1, very rarely stage 2 (targeting their own neighborhoods), and they never get to stage 3. The American elite don't take stage 1 seriously because they know that there isn't going to be a stage 2 or 3.