France is in a constant state of revolt . In 2018, the “ yellow jackets ” blocked the country to protest fuel taxes . Millions took to the streets in 2022 and 2023 to fight a pension reform raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. This year, angry crowds gather again to ask ever shorter-lived governments to renounce planned measures to decrease national debt that stands at 114% of GDP .
Even polite England is experiencing massive strikes and angry marches . Government approval rates are plummeting everywhere on the Continent. Europe is rich, yet no one can explain why German trains are not on time anymore , or why there is no way to avoid feces floating in Britain’s rivers. America, after years of leading on tech and economic growth , is cutting itself off from glob