Pretty much. I've seen it attributed to the legacy of the WWII French Resistance ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance ) or the Paris Commune ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune ) or the Flour War ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour_War ). But there's a lot more, and it goes much further back - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unr...

Perhaps France's ruling classes are especially inclined to ignore the concerns of the poor and working classes, and the latter often feel that forceful resistance is their only option?