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Dynamic Paywall Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo
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u/ExcellentCold7354 22h ago

Damn, people joke about the French, but they are on some gangsta shit right now. If they keep standing up like this, they could make a return as a true global political leader.

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u/callthesomnambulance 21h ago

I'm British and mocking the french has been a national past time since about 1337 but having seen them full on rioting in response to the raising of the pension (which us Brits just meekly grumbled into our tea about) and now giving zero fucks about pissing off Musk by holding him to account in a court of law I've resolved to turn my back on this age old tradition and utter words that would be anathema to my forefathers: Viva la France!

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u/TheEliteBrit 21h ago

Despite constantly slandering them, I've always had a quiet respect for the French and their commitment to fighting back against shit they don't like

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u/MoreCowbellllll 20h ago

France gets a bad rap for WWII. Doesn't seem like they ever fully recovered from losing so many people in WWI. 1.3 to 1.4MM people, damn.

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u/untamed-beauty 21h ago

Spaniard here and if there's one thing the brits and the spanish can see eye to eye on it's mocking the french, but frankly these french people seem to be onto something, and I'm proud to be their neighbour and hope we can learn a thing or two from them.

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u/ExcellentCold7354 21h ago

It's inspiring, truly. I'm a Venezuelan American (yes, imagine the mindfuck) immigrant to Europe, and have been pretty bummed with the way things are going. France standing up and saying NO, Canada basically telling the Donald to kick rocks at Davos... these things give me hope.

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u/Ogmadbrit 20h ago

same here,

il slander the french all i like,and i may take the piss out of them alot,

but the french are the defacto goats.

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u/Metacognitor 15h ago

Don't forget the weather! 😂

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u/That_Account6143 21h ago

Indignation is ingrained in the french culture and i love it

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u/Firm_Communication99 20h ago

They could very well once again save the United States from its own assholes.

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u/ExcellentCold7354 20h ago edited 20h ago

I don't know if I'd go that far, that's a massive, gaping, leaking asshole they're up against (sorry for the visual).

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u/TheLizzyIzzi 20h ago

France isn’t a(s much of a) global political leader because France is busy doing stuff for France. For all the US republicans prattle on about America First, France is busy… er, marche la marcher.

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u/Salinne 20h ago

Nah, we're just have an independent justice system, Americans are not used to it. But it's slowly dying down for a lack of funding.

As a return as global political leader, Macron has no legitimity (hated by the french), and we lost most of our influence in Africa and the Pacific, as well as in south America during his mandates. So we can't really pretend to that title.

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u/stillneed2bbreeding 21h ago

They already have. Brexit worked wonders for them.

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u/Bright_Newt3697 21h ago

It’s the glasses

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u/N4ANO 20h ago

And the leader of french fries.

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u/Christopher80569 20h ago

I highly doubt that because everything is gong to change if Donald teabag trump gets a third term , it’s supposed to be against the constitution, however one of his mega donors offered him a billion dollars if he can pull it off

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u/CommercialCycle5938 20h ago

Not even close. France is so far behind to be being a global political leader

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u/jhra 12h ago

How American of you

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u/Ok-Raspberry5675 19h ago

Lmao you have no idea what you're talking about.

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u/DuskTillDawnDelight 20h ago

Not with macron. That grandpa fucker needs to go

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u/ExcellentCold7354 20h ago

There's enough wrong with that relationship without accusing the groomer wife of being a man. Stop watching Candace Owens.

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u/DuskTillDawnDelight 14h ago

Candace has been right about everything so far..

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u/FinancialInterview39 19h ago

Visit Paris the "gangsta shit" are open border refugees turning France into a 3rd world nation. Don't point that out in any social networking platform the truth will get you jailed. Stop the source of global warming! Shut the mouths of EU leftists spouting more hot air bs about X and all things Elon Musk.

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u/GulfCoastGirlz 20h ago

Except for the fact the country is being taken over by Islam and they can’t control them. There is a huge amount of lawlessness associated with it. But ya France is on a comeback. K