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Why is everyone hating on french people? I do not quite get it.
The French like to pretend the way they do things is the only correct way to do things.
The one thing I will give the French, they don't take shit. When the French gov tried to raise the retirement age (if I remember correctly) people took to the streets in a big way. It was glorious.
most nations especially the USA could learn a lot about how to maintain a democratic state from France
The secret is spicing it up with an empire every now and then... Oh fuck the Americans are doing exactly that
This is Europeans in general though
Like traffic laws.
The way the French traffic laws work, it would literally be safer if it was just a free-for-all.
Traffic laws are the worst example, french traffic laws are flawless apart from the priority to smaller roads on the right
Imperialist cultures are easy to take swings at.
American culture is a lot more imperialist than French culture. France is not an imperialist power now, unlike the US. In fact, out of the allies of the US, it has been the one that has shown the most opposition to US military interventions in the middle east. Why not hate on America? In any case, I am certain that you know very little about french culture.
I can hate both equally, thank you.
You must not be American; we can only do one thing at a time.
Unless it's just ruining everything; we count that as one thing, even if it's not.
Thank you for genuinely making me laugh today. Through my tears, but it still counts.
France still holds colonies. You probably should look into that bit before talking about imperialism. France’s longest border is shared with Brazil.
It's also one of the countries that was dumping its waste in Somali waters. France shouldn't be ignored just because the US eclipses all other imperialisim in the world at the moment.
Does the US currently eclipse all others? I would argue Russia has that crown as they currently are invading Ukraine to steal land and resources, after that it would be theUSA
Russia is more overt and aggressive. Historically, the US has a thousand sins that are more subtle.
This is not a colony. It is officially part of France. Guianans are citizens of France and can vote. It is no different from any other region at all. Unlike Puerto Rico.
Most Guianians are perfectly fine with being a part a France, and they even rejected a referendum asking for more autonomy:
"In 2010, a referendum was held in French Guiana on becoming an autonomous overseas territory. However, a substantial 70% of voters rejected the proposal, opting instead for full integration with France. This result, coupled with a low voter turnout of 48%, clearly indicated that the majority of those who voted preferred the status quo: French Guiana remaining an integral part of the French Republic."
that totally natural part of France that is on another continent. Surely that isn’t a colony. What portion of Parliament has come from Guyana?
Well, you see, the word colony actually has a meaning. See this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony You might notice that even wikipaedia does not list is as a colony on its map.
As it is not separated from metropolitan France in terms of government, it is not a colony, since it is a fully integrated part of the state. It is not exploited in any way whatsoever, and the majority of residents want absolutely nothing to change.
There are two MPs from French Guiana, one for every 100000 people, same as everywhere else in France. It will probably be three soon, it seems.
Wikipedia isn’t a definitive resource for defining literally anything. I would not be using it to demonstrate anything of this nature.
How did Guyana become part of France? Oh that’s right French people came over and colonized it. The people of Guyana didn’t request that the French come over and take their lands and exploit the populations there…
France is/was an imperialist nation and they never gave that attitude up.
Well, regardless of what wikipedia says this is what a colony is.
You see, it was a colony, but now it is not.
What is the problem? The people in Guiana are fine with being a part of France. Do you want to invade them and force them to leave?
Hey I wasn't defending the US when I said that.
Well, I just do not understand why people hate France specifically.
And we shit on the US as well for it.
Same with Russia and China.
No you don't. Some criticise them, but hating France is a meme now for some reason, and I am sure people that hate France know next to nothing about it.
People say all kinds of things yet France remains an incredibly popular holiday destination. It's mostly tsundere bickering. French people can be arrogant but honestly not nearly as much as the Dutch and they get zero shit for it. And the other stereotypes like being romantic, liking good food or having a knack for arts aren't actually negative if you think about it. They just get overexaggerated.
You say romantic, I say cheating whores.
It's called polyamory, Frenchies, you can just have an open relationship.
Right. They have contributed a lot to culture. A lot of literary, scientific, technological, philosophical and artistic achievements. Idk why people that have only benefited from France by enjoying these achievements, and not at all suffered from it as some have, unfortunately, hate on it.