https://techwontsave.us/episode/206_frances_start_up_nation_is_a_neoliberal_hell_w_nastasia_hadjadji?emci=10369721-2fd0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=fdc8a869-ebd0-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=6171896
The neoliberal Macron, elected in 2017, has more or less teamed up with portions of the neoliberal High Tech Industry to transform France into something akin to a "start-up" corporation. [It began as only efforts to attract High Tech investment, but morphed into working toward the instituting of a full-blown Corporatocracy.] For details, copy & paste on a new page (or do a Search for the title) the link above.
In the name of "efficiency", the team (so to speak) is working to privatize public services and basically dismantle or drastically reduce France's social safety net. That's the common objective and function of neoliberal policies instituted by Establishments in most "democratic" countries all around the world.
What boggles the mind is this: in the past several/many years, neoliberalism and the associated corporate globalization have shown themselves to be an abject failure relative to benefits to Main Street. The failure has been ecological, social, and economic, never mind psychological and political. If you're in the top twenty percent (or so) of income earners, then the whole thing has been great for you. The rest of us have not fared so well.
Except in my country, the USA, most of the world has recognized the harm done by privatization, deregulation, austerity for Main Street, job insecurity, reduced retirement benefits, monopolization in High Tech, stagnant wages, and the like. So, it's no wonder to me why Main Street in France and elsewhere has been protesting neoliberal policies and the continuing transfer of wealth to the Upper Crust.
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Not only my opinion. Take Care
