Reply #15: Lets us go back in time to the 90's in France. when the people.....

[Left Coast2020]

stood up for their rights. I was looking for some ambient text to support this historical review of French laborical attitudes. But nonetheless, some of you may remember when french truck drivers were ticked about wages or some other important issue. I have somewhat of a vivid memory of this because I was working in a television station at the time. The drivers apparently got nowhere with whoever it was they were negotiating with, so what did they do? They shut down Paris. Yes they did. For the entire duration of their protest, they parked trucks all over the friggin place. On the side of the street. In the middle of the street. everywhere you looked, trucks blocked every intersection in Paris--for about a week or two if memory serves me correct. It was amazing. They completely shut down a good portion of the city to protest their "pissed-offness" in public. Now you ask, what happened? Well, after about a week or so of having their trucks parked all over the city blocking traffic and creating a commuting nightmare, those in charge of the drivers conceded and gave them what they wanted. Strike ended, and everyone went home happy.

Moral of this story: I guess we take a page out their playbook at some point in time. Although, I'm not sure when that is to occur. Perhaps I should ask a question for those of us to ponder: when are we going to stop acting like a damn punching bag on labor, health-care, or constitutional matters and standup to these corporate buttheads? Thats what I thought.

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