abc@suppo.fi to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTown hall in Limoges 'largely lost' to blaze set during French protestswww.france24.comexternal-linkmessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down111
arrow-up1300arrow-down1external-linkTown hall in Limoges 'largely lost' to blaze set during French protestswww.france24.comabc@suppo.fi to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down4·5 days agoI mean ultimately destroying useful government property doesn’t punish the government, because it’s going to be rebuilt/replaced out of taxpayer money.
minus-squarechewypoops@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·5 days agoYou really don’t understand the French. If they raise taxes because of this, the next one will burn as well.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·5 days agoThe French definitely have guts, but you’re overselling it. They keep protesting yet the retirement age keeps going up, for instance.
minus-squaredatendefekt@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoIt may be going up but it’s still way below EU average. Their neighbors in Germany and Belgium retire at 67.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoYup. They aren’t the smartest.
I mean ultimately destroying useful government property doesn’t punish the government, because it’s going to be rebuilt/replaced out of taxpayer money.
You really don’t understand the French.
If they raise taxes because of this, the next one will burn as well.
The French definitely have guts, but you’re overselling it. They keep protesting yet the retirement age keeps going up, for instance.
It may be going up but it’s still way below EU average. Their neighbors in Germany and Belgium retire at 67.
Yup. They aren’t the smartest.