[RestlessMind]

But the GP was trying to point out how France is much better than the US. With a better system, I would expect less protests and better approval ratings.

[SolaceQuantum]

And I am arguing that approval ratings and protests may not be highly correlated or have causational relationships with the amount of social services.

[bobwaycott]

> I would expect less protests and better approval ratings.

You must not know the French very well, or you wouldn’t expect this. :)