Ignited maybe, though the movement quickly became a working-class movement with objectives far beyond that (and fully agreed with the rest of your comment). Though as a French dude I'm sad to report that profiteering con-mans and conspiracy theorists may have killed much of the movement's impetus by now. Not to worry though, we're French and an economic crisis is rearing its head, so you better believe a ton of cars are going to be burned and a ton of cops are going to be hurt (though sadly less than protesters) in the upcoming months.
When the Brexit/MAGA chuds tried to claim the movement in the Anglosphere with no apparent pushback from the Anglo left, on top of the complete MSM blackout (except maybe foreign-owned networks like Al-Jazeera and RT that hardly anyone watches) on the subject after maybe the first month or so, I knew there was no fucking way it was going to actually penetrate the existing left here.
Here's hoping the Yellow Vests rise again with a clearer anti-capitalist message. Best case scenario, we see some sort of convergence with BLM and the Yellow Vests.
Ignited maybe, though the movement quickly became a working-class movement with objectives far beyond that (and fully agreed with the rest of your comment). Though as a French dude I'm sad to report that profiteering con-mans and conspiracy theorists may have killed much of the movement's impetus by now. Not to worry though, we're French and an economic crisis is rearing its head, so you better believe a ton of cars are going to be burned and a ton of cops are going to be hurt (though sadly less than protesters) in the upcoming months.
When the Brexit/MAGA chuds tried to claim the movement in the Anglosphere with no apparent pushback from the Anglo left, on top of the complete MSM blackout (except maybe foreign-owned networks like Al-Jazeera and RT that hardly anyone watches) on the subject after maybe the first month or so, I knew there was no fucking way it was going to actually penetrate the existing left here.
Here's hoping the Yellow Vests rise again with a clearer anti-capitalist message. Best case scenario, we see some sort of convergence with BLM and the Yellow Vests.