Maybe they have been heard and listened too and the democratically elected government of the people disagrees. Just because you don't get your way doesn't mean you haven't been listened to.
> "We are using the only means we have left: it's the hard strike ... we are not going to give up."
This is the part where the petulant child that doesn't get what it wants threatens to hold its breath until it turns blue. This is anti-democratic and nothing but coercive, naked extortion. Like literally extortion.
Without commenting on the French government specifically (which I haven't followed closely):
Consider the fact that politicians can be elected and then break the promises they made during the campaign. The electoralist response to this is 'well you can vote them out next time,.' But that ignores the cost of the damage that can occur during the interval, plus it's not clear how the populace is supposed to hold other politicians to account - to the point that there is a general expectation of politicians being dishonest and mendacious.
Really, in what other job are you only subject to review every few years and if people don't like what you're doing in the meantime you can reply with complete BS, often overtly?
Democratic elections are a good thing, but they are not the be-all and end-all of politics. Strikes and boycotts are absolutely a legitimate form of political expression, in which labor or consumer market participants coordinate their economic activity to obtain political leverage. If you won't tolerate anything other than elections, North Korea has those.
With comments like this you are closer to the petulant child than the people, some with low paying jobs, who decided that the issue is critical enough that they prefer a loss of income in the short term ...
Maybe they have been heard and listened too and the democratically elected government of the people disagrees. Just because you don't get your way doesn't mean you haven't been listened to.
> "We are using the only means we have left: it's the hard strike ... we are not going to give up."
This is the part where the petulant child that doesn't get what it wants threatens to hold its breath until it turns blue. This is anti-democratic and nothing but coercive, naked extortion. Like literally extortion.