Hey my friend,

Thank you for stopping by and lending your insights.

To my eye the Yellow Vests are a decentralised protest movement, as was Occupy Wall Street before it. They are symptomatic (I believe) of the citizens rejection of authoritarianism and gradual shift toward individual autonomy.

Yes I feel the same, the system is pushing one way and the people the other .. as such it's a logical conclusion that sooner or later they are going to face off against each other, like yourself I very much hope this will gravitate towards a bloodless meeting of opposing ideologies .. and from the perspective of "the people" one that is led by wisdom and intellectualism as opposed to violence. Of course, there will be many subversive elements within any movement .. but for the most part, I feel that people have simply had enough and that many have no more left to give and as such their frustration is spilling out onto the streets.

Like you allude to with your comment, often when people are pushed and face adversity it can bring out the best in humanity. I guess in a way the system is pushing people towards that change .. equally, it comes down to how much people want it and what type of world they want to rise from that change. Thanks again my friend.