Who Are The Protesters

For John, BLUF:  This is about the protests over the last four weeks in Paris, France, but it is also about other voters.  Those other voters would include Les Deplorables And the Brexiters. Nothing to see here; just move along.

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From Twitter:

Glenn Greenwald    @ggreenwald

The inability of rich neoliberal centrist elites in western capitals to understand - or even hide their scorn for - the anger & grievances of rural and working-class people over their economic suffering is one of the 2 or 3 most important causes of contemporary political changes:
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Neera Tanden    @neeratanden

I don’t understand why any progressive is cheering French protesters who are amassing against a carbon tax.

7:54 AM · Dec 9, 2018 · Twitter Web Client

The climate change folks seem to not understand there are other equities out there.

Hat tip to InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff