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The story
In France, protests against overcrowded classrooms of 40 students have turned into riots. During the unrest, cars, shops, and schools have been set on fire, and sitting teachers have been assaulted. Footage of a civilian having their face burned with a blowtorch has gone viral on social media, and the damage keeps spreading. On 5channel, opinions split between users calling the escalating violence “a fight between the poor” and those debating whether violent protest can ever be justified.
lol
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
It's brutal — to begin with, there are already no-go zones immigrants have taken over through local elections that you can't even walk through.
Japan's Gen Z could never pull that off.
Same goes for you, buddy.
That's a normal class size though?
When I was in elementary school we had 45 kids in a class…
Same goes for you, buddy.
Though it'll be all style with zero actual will to fight lol
In both the US and Europe lately, even demonstrations that start with legitimate demands end up turning into riots where people just loot local shops.
Revolution comes bundled with violence
Just accept it as a noble sacrifice.
Put another way, that just shows how meaningless pure argument is
No matter how righteous your words are, the structure where evil rules the world never changes
Without violence to remove the evil, nothing changes
In other words, conflict only ever happens between parties on the same level
If your opponent is evil, you have no choice but to become evil yourself
That's how world history has always been made
Honestly, that part I'm jealous of.
They set the school on fire too, you know.
About what, exactly?
"So let's burn cars and shops" — uh, what?
In Japan you're just not supposed to cause trouble for society, you know.
Even in France, if you're just an ordinary local and not one of the privileged elite, you wouldn't want your car or shop torched, right?
Arson's not okay in any country, come on.
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2105775673738412032/vid/avc1/1290×2418/GGLcqBP14wJpU_3a.mp4
This is way too messed up.
Isn't that just straight-up attempted murder…?
lol it's a total mess, nothing to be done
The protest really has turned into a fight between the poor, hasn't it.
Background and Key Points of This Story
Staff shortages and overcrowded classrooms have long been a recurring problem in French schools, and this round of protests reportedly began with frustration over class sizes of 40 students. What stands out is that a protest meant to demand better working conditions has escalated into arson targeting vehicles and shops, destruction of school facilities, and even assaults on the very teachers the protest was supposed to be supporting. On the thread, opinions clashed between those framing the violent turn as justified under a kind of revolutionary logic, and those arguing that arson and assault are never acceptable, in any country. It’s also been pointed out that the people getting hurt are ordinary local residents and teachers rather than the “privileged elite” — a detail easy to miss from the article alone, since it shows the protest isn’t simply a “citizens vs. power” standoff but one tangled up with friction inside the local community itself.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Nanademo Jikkyo G) thread “[Sad News] France Is Done For.”
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