[Rummyfan]

There are parallels between what is happening in France and almost every other developed country, including Canada, as comfortable urban elites seek to impose their climate change agenda on a broader population just struggling to pay its bills and earn an honest buck. No amount of hand-wringing over the fate of the planet, be it by the IPCC or by the likes of Ms. Binoche, is going to resonate with people who do not feel the elites have their interests at heart.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

The problem is, no matter how much carbon tax they pay, it will have zero impact on the world’s temperature. For those who actually feel the impact of something like that, it’s just idiotic.

[goldstategop]

Its the revolt of the forgotten middle class against wealthy urban elites who don’t have to bear the costs of the climate change policies they advocate.

That wouldn’t be much of an issue if the pain was equitably shared. But it isn’t and people affected by it feel their backs are pressed to the wall. Unless Macron is prepared to scrap the taxes, expect the social unrest to escalate.