Russians that literally live under Vladimir Putin risk their lives to protest.

So do American college kids.

French politicians try to increase the retirement age and the population takes to the streets.

French politicians have been squeezing the pension system since at least 2006, and the street protests have come and gone without discouraging new efforts to dismantle the system.

Bully to them for trying, but without material control over industry, they’re all sound and fury.