NYC had its MTA shutdown earlier this year and now Paris has its own shutdown. But, it’s looking like the French shut down is more expansive than New York’s.

The French students rioted because of some horse crap law that said that employers would easily be able to fire those younger than 26 after having them on board for 2 years. They had to give no reason for letting them go and in turn, the young went wild. And rightfully so, I think.

I think about why NYC has never had such a strong youth-centric revolution and then I realize that our government has not really tried to impose anything this ridiculous on us. But, I always wonder why no one stepped up to the plate and still won’t when gas prices shoot up to ridiculous rates and companies like Exxon report higher profitability rates in a month than some years past.

Is it that we’re weak?

Photo courtesy Michel Euler/Associated Press

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