Well, In the case of France, i believe that there is a proportion of the society that voted in Macron expecting to see a break away from the stale and, some would say, discriminatory political establishments favour of the extremely wealthy, that have cause them much financial hardship.
I think that the protesters movement is quite interesting to observe as it actively tries to protect itself from any leadership and tries to function in a leaderless ‚horizontal ‚ way. Something that wouldn’t have worked very effectively before social media. I think that another reason for their desire to maintain it as a leaderless movement is because it’s main activism comes from extreme far left groups and also extreme far right groups.
My personal opinion is that it’s a real shame that some of these people have taken it upon themselves to use Chaos and inflict violence which has resulted in thousands of injuries and several deaths.
I’d agree that there is a wide public discontentment in many countries around the world where multinational companies have created some very big wealth divisions in certain places and political parties have just sucked up the taxes in a short term self serving way.
The sad thing is, Brexit will make Britain far more divided, many poor communities even poorer , and the Ultra rich even Wealthier.
The irony of it all is that the Ultra rich people and businesses that funded the leave campaign over a long period of time, targeted the very people that brexit would make more vulnerable to get Brexit over the line.
If we want change in this country, where things are fairer for the poor and UK Industry is given a new lease of life then it’s our Government that needs changing. And we can do that by voting in a general election. Leaving the EU economic block is just a Strange and damaging thing to do to our economy, at a time where our country could really flourish, given the inward focus our country now has for positive change and improvement.
Kindest regards, Olaf