• NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Norwegian here and I really don’t understand the protesting truckers. Like the government has cut all taxes on fuel to combat the increasing prices. There’s not much more to do. What the heck do you want out of this? That we send a small vessel with armed teenagers to open the straight?

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      18 days ago

      Not just that, they’re protesting against high fuel prices by deliberately burning more of it. Stage a protest with actual helpful goals, like getting others to use less this reducing prices due to decreased demand.

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      17 days ago

      If they are demanding their government not continue the same neoliberal drivel that got everyone here, then that’d be good. What to do in the immediate present, idk steal an oil tanker from Russia? Not many other options.

      Start transitions to fully green energy. But that’s not immediate.

    • Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      17 days ago

      Norwegian here too, it’s because it’s a tiny protest. Like, it was a 100 people; it’s just because they drove their trucks slowly 🤷

      fucking stupid that this protest got more coverage than any other normal protest…