The People vs. Paris

“Let them eat carbon! said French President Emmanuel Macron this week, offering his peasants a six-month reprieve on their coming carbon sin tax.


But how much time?

Not much at all, it turns out…

As of press time, the yellow jackets have announced their intention to proceed with “Act 4” of their protests this weekend, and the government has responded by announcing its decision to close the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and other tourism landmarks on Saturday.



The protesters have adopted the “gilets jaunes,” or yellow vests that all French drivers are required to store as a safety measure in the event of a roadside breakdown.

It is the perfect symbol for the movement in many ways:

it is a standard item that everyone has to hand, it is a visible sign of distress, and it is connected to the fuel tax that was the straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back and sent the people spilling out onto the streets.





  • Could this be a truly popular revolution taking place right in the heart of the EU empire?  
  • And if so, what does it mean?


The socialists are hailing these protests as a repeat of ’68, when revolution hung heavy in the air.


But all sides can agree on one thing:


Yes, it was just three scant years ago that we were treated to all the ballyhoo and tosh about the Paris Agreement and how it was going to ‘save’ the world…


“Yes, the politicians and unelected UN bureaucrats can do anything they want!” cried the masses.

“They are our rulers, after all!… But how exactly do they intend to do this?”

“Why, by appeasing the weather gods, of course,” came the response.



There’s just one problem with all of this:

The people have decided that, on the whole, they’d rather not pay $7.06 per gallon of gasoline to appease those weather gods.


The whole situation is a fascinating insight into the reality of the growing discontent of the masses who are, on the whole, happy to go along with the global warming swindle… so long as it stays out of their pocketbook.


France is by no means alone in this dawning realization.

Voters in Washington state just rejected a proposed carbon swindle that would have levied an estimated $2.3 billion/year tax on the state’s economy that, even by the UN’s own made up voodoo witch doctor nonsense, would have contributed about 0% to the goal of stopping global climate change (rounding for the nearest whole number).


Meanwhile in London the likes of George Monbiot (who is wrong about everything) is trying to drum up a new protest movement that is going to demand greater action from politicians on the urgent issue of climate change… at least until the protesters discover that they’re just helping to demand their own tax increases.

Of course, as you’ll hear any number of talking heads tell you in regard to the yellow jacket phenomenon unfolding in France, this is no longer just about a carbon tax.

But that’s where it started, and it is important.

So, about that Paris Agreement:

Paris called. They want their money back…

by James Corbett

from Steemit Website

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