Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "French government passes retirement reform without vote" video.

  1. That is the end of this French government and Macron's presidency.
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  2. The EU protects workers rights, doesn't it? Pensions are part of workers rights, aren't they? Soooo?
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  3.  @elizabethek3909  what you are seeing is a leveling down to the lowest common denominator that result from the EU emulating globalisation in microcosm. For the EU to function the differences between member states must be minimised, it is too expensive and uncompetitive to level up. In practice the wealth differentials across the EU will be maintained, but they will just move around, as the poorer states produce the products to be consumed by the richer ones. The poor will get slightly richer and the rich will get appreciably poorer, that is because a super rich elite will be taking the profits from the internal trade. This is a slow downward spiral for the majority, part of a growing wealth gap between the super rich few and the rest of society.
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  4. @Logos Learner true, maybe they will bring back the guillotine. It wouldn't be the first time an uncaring elite met its fate on the edge of the blade.
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  5. @Logos Learner it is the government doing what is required to maintain the wealth of a super rich elite. There is a growing wealth gap between a super rich elite and the rest of society. This elite controls government policy and the law. With this power they can continue to enrich themselves at the expense of the majority. It is a matter of entitlement that they no doubt share with the former sun king of France and any of the other elite rulers around the world. Maybe the guillotine is a little draconian for modern times. In practice all that is necessary is for the majority to no longer recognise the wealth of the rich, since they are rich by tacit consent of the majority.
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  6.  @aldwim661  one of the problems have had defending Brexit is the deplorable UK government's the UK has suffered over the years. Many of the decisions taken by the Westminster parliament are more in line with those you would expect from an occupant force. It is certainly a case of one rule for them and another for everyone else. This is summed up by do as I say, not as I do. One only needs to look at the pay, holiday and pension arrangements for MPs or the indefensible house of lords, where they think it's ok to claim a daily £530 just for attending. This has not changed throughout the UK membership of the EU, implying EU membership is not a solution to the inequity. In general the UK has a law abiding population that has been trained over the centuries to show deference to the "ruling class". In the past this was justified by the inequity of educational opportunities between the classes, resulting in the mistaken view of the majority that " they know best", something which history will show to be untrue. Future governments should be aware that migration may have changed the demographic to the point where violent revolution is more likely, as the UK has imported people with far less respect for government. The rise of the surveillance Society, increased control of the media, and an increase in oppression is the response to the risk of a popular uprising. Unlike other countries, the ruling class has had centuries to perfect its grip on government. It was once said that the only difference between the USSR and the British government, was that in Russia they shoot dissidence, in the UK they simply ignore them, the latter being far more effective means of control. Things will need to become very bad indeed for the placid UK population to take to the streets with the intent of removing or even executing the ruling class. Part of the problem is that those in government are not the faces of those who are in control. Maybe the closet the UK ever came to revolution in recent times was the Brixton riots, but even there the ambition of the rioters did not extend beyond burning a few shops and stealing some televisions. They lack the imagination and ideological drive of say the French. Maybe it is the cold climate. The last time we destroyed the establishment was following the English civil war, and then we only managed to cut off the head of a king.
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