{"id":1577002,"date":"2025-09-22T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1577002"},"modified":"2025-09-22T06:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:45:00","slug":"far-left-protesters-will-not-be-satisfied-until-france-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/far-left-protesters-will-not-be-satisfied-until-france-collapses\/1577002\/","title":{"rendered":"Far-Left Protesters Will Not Be Satisfied Until France Collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Far-Left Protesters Will Not Be Satisfied Until France Collapses<\/span><\/p>\n

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Paris is crippled this week by constant protests designed to throttle traffic and shit down basic services, and the majority of the mob is comprised of far left activists including Antifa.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Paris actions are\u00a0coupled with nationwide demonstrations that saw sporadic clashes with police who fired volleys of tear gas.\u00a0 Activists argue that eight years of leadership by France\u2019s “business-friendly president” Emmanuel Macron have benefited too few people and hurt too many.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The protests ignited in response to austerity measures issued by the struggling government, including cuts to socialist programs and an increase in the national retirement age.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Macron\u2019s opponents complain that taxpayer-funded public services – free schools and public hospitals, subsidized health care, unemployment benefits and other safety nets that are cherished in France – are being eroded.\u00a0 France has crawled from one crisis to another since he dissolved parliament in 2024, triggering a legislative election that stacked Parliament\u2019s lower house with critics of the president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Left-wing parties and their supporters want higher taxes for the wealthy and businesses to pay more to help rein in France\u2019s debts, rather than see public spending cuts that they contend will hit low-paid and middle-class workers.\u00a0 France’s national debt was reported at $3.6 trillion US by the end of 2024, growing by nearly $1 trillion since 2023.\u00a0 This is over 100% of the country’s annual GDP.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Placards at the Paris demonstration read: \u201cTax the rich.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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However, similar taxation efforts have been tried across the EU and in the UK, causing companies and business owners to simply close up shop and leave.\u00a0 In 2024, the UK lost 25% of its billionaires and 16,500 millionaires due to increasing taxation.\u00a0 This has led to a black hole effect in the economy, with an acceleration in job losses and slowing investment.<\/p>\n

The current tax rate for top earners in France is 45% of income over\u00a0\u20ac180,471 ($211,000).\u00a0\u00a0High-income earners also face additional surtaxes and social charges that significantly increase the total tax rate.\u00a0 As is common in any country or US state that targets high earners with socialist tax measures, the people with the money walk away and go where they are better appreciated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Leftists protesters indicate that they are not interested in fair taxation, but rather, wealth redistribution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Activists argue that French President Emmanuel Macron is “far right wing” and compared him to Donald Trump while espousing a laundry list of communist demands.\u00a0 Macron is a previous member of the socialist party now described as a “centrist liberal”.\u00a0 He has angered leftists with his shift to center and his increasing support for border controls.\u00a0 In other words, being “centrist” is “far right wing” in the minds of Antifa activists.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The riots seem to be motivated more by typical Antifa goals, including the “Free Palestine” movement and the destruction of “nationalism”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

France’s conservative and anti-mass immigration movements have been growing exponentially along with similar movements across Europe.\u00a0 Leftists may be trying to flex their numbers as a way to frighten political leaders from seeking to appease these movements with tighter borders and fiscal responsibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ultimately, Antifa activists want a the collapse of the current government and a reformation.\u00a0 What the reformation would look like is hard to say, given that many of the protesters don’t seem to know.\u00a0 Of course, if the Bolshevik campaigns of the early 20th Century are any indication, then the end game will not be pleasant for the vast majority of people.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 09\/22\/2025 – 02:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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