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[–] 222 points 2 years ago (28 children)

I wish we had a small percent of what France does for its consumer rights in the United States.

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  • [–] 165 points 2 years ago (20 children)

    That's because we don't set shit on fire every time the government looks at us wrong.

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  • [–] 121 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    Perhaps it’s time to change that

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  • [–] 72 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Impossible when 30% of the country is addicted to a 100% propaganda channel

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  • [+] 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)
  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The other 70% consider political activism posting memes on places like this.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Bringing awareness to issues (even through memes) is a good way to get people who are capable of fighting in on the fight.

    What also tends to happen though is that when an issue gets popular, some people jump on the bandwagon for the dopamine hit that comes from the attention they get when they make content about the issue. Hell, even when they don’t make it. I’ve seen stickied comments on clips of popular music videos (just one ridiculous example) posted by fans where they’re saying shit like, “Oh my god guys! Thank you so much for all the likes and comments! I didn’t expect this to be so big!” Ummm, it’s a Beatles clip my guy. You didn’t do anything but reupload a bit of it in short form. You out here acting like you just a member of the band caught off guard by how many people like you.

    I always have to be a dick and ask, “Oh, you made this?”

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  • [+] 13 points 2 years ago* (2 children)
  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I agree, but it’s also worth noting the influence of police forces, riot police, swat teams, and the national guard.

    The US basically has an occupying army to quell unrest in every county across the country, so it’s harder to properly protest without state retaliation. Not to say we shouldn’t do it, but I can understand people’s reticence.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If only they had a right to an armed militia ha ha ha ha ha

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    You're right. We have idiots setting themselves on fire in front of courthouses instead.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Oh so I'm guessing it did come out he was doing it for Trump? Because the one who did it in protest of the our support of Israel was looked at as a kind of a hero here.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    The reporting I’ve seen was that he had been hanging around the courthouse for a few days and was obviously mentally unwell but he essentially thinks Biden and Trump are working together to establish a fascist state and it all heavily involves Peter Thiel. I didn’t read it but someone made a word cloud of his pamphlet and it was all over the place and even involved conspiracy theories of yore that have been supplanted by QAnon and vaccine stuff.

    So, I guess bipartisan?

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    That's why the French protest all the time. They fight for their rights.

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