r/SipsTea • • 10h ago

Chugging tea Peaceful protests in France today

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u/Independent-Pack-922 8h ago

Idk if you're French and having some misplaced patriotism, but personally I am French and I really don't feel like it's one of the best place. A few years ago I thought really high of it, nowadays not so much. It's also due to problems beyond France, but I'd say the future is very bleak.

And while it may be still a pretty good country to live in, I don't think it's a reason to stop at that.

This young generation knows that if they do nothing, they'll have their retirement around 85 years old, and suffer summers with 50°C.

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u/Jazzlike-Dish5690 8h ago

the country is bankrupt basically. What is your solution to this?

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u/bsarkozy10 8h ago

Not sure where you get this information from. E.g. France's debt to GDP is nowhere near the highest and debt to GDP alone cannot tell you whether a country is soon going bankrupt or not, but I'm sure you're an expert on the topic since violent rioting is usually the kind of remedy that national banks recommend in times of financial crises. Could you explain to me how destroying your own cities lifts the burden of international indebtedness off a country?

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u/Jazzlike-Dish5690 7h ago

France is currently in a serious debt crisis. This information is well reported and common knowledge. Destroying property and assets only increases this. That is how maths work.

ps_ i never proclaimed to be an expert in anything but it seems you are? 😂

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u/bsarkozy10 7h ago

Could you answer the question at the end of my comment?