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The White Working Class Are Rising Up To Revolt In Europe

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🗓️ 2 December 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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 The White Working Class Are Rising Up To Revolt In Europe. The yellow vests protests began after the French government imposed a tax on gas and diesel. The citizenry was furious, the rising tax would affect those from rural areas more so than those in cities.  This meant that once again the urban areas would continue unscathed following government action on climate change and be immune to the economic ramifications of a globalized economy.   In response white working class people from the rural areas rose up and began to revolt in major cities. They called themselves the forgotten majority, similar to Trump's silent majority.    Now entering week three, it is expected to continue as French president Emmanuel Macron refuses to negotiate. 

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0:00.0

This video is currently going viral. It depicts three men on a rooftop above the French

0:04.8

yellow vest protests and one has a sniper rifle. This has led to a conspiracy where people believe

0:11.2

that the snipers are actually taking out protesters, though I'm told by a local,

0:15.4

this is routine, and these are here to prevent terror attacks. Following this, we saw another video.

0:21.0

A man in France with his hands up collapses, then you see something streak past him.

0:26.4

They are now people claiming this is evidence that snipers are actually taking out the yellow

0:30.6

vest protesters. Whatever happened here, we don't know, but you can see people rush to the aid

0:35.4

of this individual. I think it's highly unlikely snipers are taking out protesters, but that's the

0:40.6

theory. I don't think it's true, and until we have confirmation, we shouldn't press on this.

0:44.6

But I think it's fair to say, and the reason why I bring this up is that tensions in France

0:49.2

are escalating to an extreme degree. We're seeing these protests spread to Berlin, to the Netherlands,

0:55.9

to Belgium. Whatever is going on with this movement, many people are either excited or scared.

1:01.9

Some people are calling it a civil war. We saw that from Time Magazine, protesters said it feels

1:06.4

like a civil war. Some people have said it's a revolution, and some people believe that it's actually

1:10.8

spreading to other countries because it's a rebuke of globalism. But one thing I can't say,

1:15.6

and what I want to talk about today is who exactly is protesting. Because in my video yesterday,

1:20.0

I kind of touched on this. It is white working class people from rural areas, and to me,

1:25.1

that sounds very similar to who voted for Donald Trump in the US. But the other thing that

1:29.8

was really interesting too, is that some of these protesters have called themselves the unwashed,

1:34.5

the forgotten majority from the sticks. And that sounds an awful lot, like Trump supporters who

1:39.2

refer to themselves as the silent majority. So today, let's take a look at the escalation of

1:43.8

the LFS protests, and look at the comparison between these protesters and the supporters of Donald

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