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In Prague, It Begins
Mass demonstration in Czech capital against energy crisis is the first of
many we will see throughout Europe

Rod Dreher
Sep 3, 2022 6:53 PM

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began today with a massive demonstration in the Czech capital:

Tens of thousands of Czechs protested in

Prague against the government to demand
more state help with rising energy bills, the
largest manifestation of public discontent
over the worst cost-of-living crisis in three
decades.

About 70,000 people filled Wenceslas Square

in the center of the Czech capital on Saturday,
according to police estimates, with some
carrying signs denouncing the country’s
membership of the European Union and the
NATO military alliance.

Czech inflation, driven mainly by surging

housing costs and spiking energy prices, is
currently the highest since 1993 and the
central bank forecasts it to peak at around
20% in the coming months.

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The Czech PM dismissed it all as a conclave of Russian

sympathizers and dupes. Are the Russians exploiting this? Of
course they are! But the fact remains that life has become very
hard economically in Czechia.

This is not going to be the last such demonstration we see over

the coming months. Wait till it turns cold.

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Meanwhile, in the UK, 60 percent of British factories may fail,

crushed by exorbitant energy prices. If six in ten British factories
fail, Britain is going to be crippled, and probably will have a
depression.

Putin is an SOB, for sure. But you can't heat your home or run
your country's factories with anger at Putin, however red-hot it
burns.

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Rod Dreher
Rod Dreher is a senior editor at The American Conservative.
A veteran of three decades of magazine and newspaper
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bestsellers—Live Not By Lies, The Benedict Option, and The
Little Way of Ruthie Leming—as well as Crunchy
Cons and How Dante Can Save Your Life. Dreher lives in
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