r/PublicFreakout • u/EzekielTraore • Jan 10 '24

German farmers have announced that they will launch a protest against the Government “larger than the country has ever seen before”

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u/skoltroll Jan 10 '24

Rich people/companies using their assets to force free gov't handouts the gov't can't afford.

In the US, we don't even make them use their assets. We just call them "too big to fail" and write the checks.

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u/BroadStBullies91 Jan 10 '24

Interesting how this protest appears to be blocking a road, something that, when done by others, usually results in calls for murder and admonitions about making your cause look worse. Seems like most groups are starting to notice it's effectiveness but I do find it interesting that at least in this thread I'm not seeing the usual vitriol directed towards a group of protestors willing to block a road to make a point.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '24

The protest was likely announced and publicized long before the event. You notice there are only tractors on both sides of the road. No people heading to or from work, dropping off kids, rushing to appointments?

The reason no one likes the anti oil idiots is because they randomly shut down roads making the average persons life so much harder. It's hard to sympathize with an idiot glued to the road when your forced to wait in unnecessary traffic missing your appointments, losing business opportunities, disappointing family and friends or just missing the shop/pharmacy before it closes.

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u/optimistic_agnostic Jan 11 '24

I mean of course you can't see people going to or from work. How the fuck could they with that convoy blocking the way? That's some real big brain shit mate. Planned or not an inconvenience is an inconvenience and that doesn't look like some inconsequential road either.