A lovely English translation of Édouard Louis on the gilet jaunes.
“You must really never have experienced poverty, if you think that graffiti on a historic monument is worse than the impossibility of being able to take care of yourself, of living, of feeding yourself or your family.”
▻https://jacobinmag.com/2018/12/france-yellow-vests-gilets-jaunes-austerity-macron