The French may not have the first democracy, may not have the best democracy, but they have had to fight harder than most for their democracy.

  • paraphrasing from an audio tour by Rick Steves, I think.

Edit: oops, i flipped words in the title

  • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    French have been our homes since Day 0. Always got solidarity for our brothers in democracy over there. They got way more spice and fight than we do.

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        5 months ago

        I don’t see Americans unionising and making a noise about rising pension ages

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          5 months ago

          Unionization is on the rise and they’ve been more active than at any point in my life. There have been several large strikes in the last couple years alone. What are you talking about?

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            5 months ago

            Let’s be real here: the French have no chill when it comes to the pension, but its nice to see some change in the US.