I note the French are the source of particularly poignant quote regarding riots and repression: Let them eat cake.
The Bastille and bastinado do not always suppress dissent. The West is undergoing replacement, and is not simply unaware and complacent about it. Things will continue to develop, and we will see what comes of it. My expectation presently is that Macron has little interest in pressing harder, as long as the Yellow Vests don't.