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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_movement https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_movement For more background
by fuzz4lyfe 7y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_movement https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_movement
For more background
- einpoklum 7y agoHow does this relate to nuclear reactors? I do realize how Macro used environmental concerns as an excuse to burden poorer people in peripheral areas with more taxes (rather than, say, taxing the rich and helping to finance hybrid or lower-emission, fuel-efficient vehicles for people in the countryside).
- fuzz4lyfe 7y agoThe reason they are wearing the yellow vests are because some government official who knows better than the population decided that everyone must carry two of them in their cars at all times. Similarly they also decided to raise fuel taxes (cars are required for rural life) and subsidize public transport (used in urban areas). The French are also pragmatic and have seen the failure of the German green energy model, why on earth would they want to do that?