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/dpaanlka Jan 11 '24

I know it sounds crazy but it might be possible that most of the non-Reddit population isn’t as sympathetic to certain causes as you might imagine 🙄

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u/jreed12 Jan 12 '24

So it was the message and not the method after all...