French protestors do NOT mess around
video.liberta.vip
Liberta Vidéo est un service de diffusion vidéo ouvert et gratuit à vocation généraliste / Liberta Video is an open and free video broadcasting service with a generalist vocation.
  • perestroika@slrpnk.netEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    Farmers are a bit feared by authorities all over the world.

    • access to bulk quantities of unpleasant biological products
    • ability to create obstacles which cannot be easily removed with cop power
    • ability to easily overcome obstacles created with cop power
    • ability to go off road with machines, while cops can only do that on foot
    • they’re often quite organized too and protect each other
    • keepthepace@slrpnk.netEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      (Here in France) also:

      • Heavily unionized
      • Armed (there are a lot of hunters in their ranks)

      And it is shocking how much more empathy the authorities have for them when they can’t easily stop them.