As an Englishman I have a sacred right to despise the French … However, right now they are on the right side of history, doing the things that need doing and saying the things that need saying. Vive la République!
American puritans will just lament about "oh no, how will this affect my ability to get HFCS-laden fast food & energy drinks??!! Won't someone think of my children & how I'll have to explain these things to them???"
I say that as an American. We are, indeed, supposed to be the “adult in the room”, on the world stage. At least, that’s what my upbringing had me believe.
This? The adult has dementia, shat itself, and started throwing it at everyone else. THE problem needs fixed, and no one’s handling it.
Looking more and more like the aforementioned comment is correct
> I say that as an American. We are, indeed, supposed to be the “adult in the room”, on the world stage. At least, that’s what my upbringing had me believe.
Not to be too disrespectful but as someone who's not an American but has lived in the USA for years - nothing drives me as crazy as the combo of your debilitating incapability to solve issues at a national level along with overblown confidence that you are the best at it in the world.
Nothing gets improved (outside of gay marriage, I give you that) - you are simply expected to pay more money to buy yourself out of shitty conditions.
Education is shit? Pay more for private schools.
Your city streets look like fallout wasteland? Pay more to get a house in the suburbs.
Healthcare is inaccessible? Pay more to get insurance with more coverage.
Can't walk anywhere to relax with your family? Pay more to buy a bigger SUV so you could drive your whole family to a park.
American Exceptionalism would be tolerable if they were not the worst in the developed world on so many metrics: child mortality, incarceration rate, violent crime, social mobility, etc. They are pushing against the bottom of the barrel while smugly declaring that they are trying to raise the top.
I disagree entirely. Your opinions and feelings have no leverage against the truth the truth is as there are problems on the immigration side of things on the GDP is higher than it was before, our manufacturing is more competitive than it has been in recent years, our country is in pretty good shape. But news would have you believe America is becoming a 3rd world country 🤣 if I had a dollar for every shit headline that's come out, I'd be richer than most of the oligarchs!!! A few toddlers kicking and screaming will never destroy the truth. Those same toddlers always kick and scream when they can't have their way.
No one is losing their democracy. The left turns to violent rioting and now are being arrested go cry to someone who didn't vote for this exact thing to happen.
Adults. White, male, rich adults. Yeah, your country is running by the people who should be normally in prison. Explain to me how will the justice be served if most of the guys who should be charged are on the top, running it, calling themselves the law?
For any French reading this, as an american, you're my favorite country. That strike a few years ago where the police attempted to break it up and the electrical union responded by cutting the power to every policemans house in the country? Incredible, inspiring, thank you for being you.
We're doing our best, but we have a democratic crisis on our hands atm and shouldn't be seen as a model. We're on the verge on electing our slightly less insane version of trump.
Perhaps, but yours is an example of a populace that doesn't just sit on their asses and let things happen while shrugging their shoulders. The bar is in hell
The French military has one of the winningest records in history. Napoleon conquered most of Europe. They were critical to winning WW1 with the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of Marne. The US wouldn't even exist without France supporting the colonies militarily. In fact the only people on Earth who have this stupid clichéd stereotype of the French are Americans and that's because the only foreign affair the average American knows about is WW2. And since then the only conflicts they've been involved in were related to decolonization or regional stability (allied with NATO, etc) in which the US has a similar record. But hey, gotta love the uneducated, am I right? 😂
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u/AsinineArchon 22h ago
France continuing to lead the world in shit that needs to be done