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submitted 5 months ago by GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee to c/world@lemmy.world

"Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has announced that he is dissolving the national assembly, and calling for legislative elections on June 30 and July 7.

The French president said that he can’t pretend nothing has happened, that the outcome of the EU election is not good for his government and that the rise of nationalists is a danger for France and Europe."

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[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago
[-] Ostrichgrif@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

The US won the Civilization cultural victory 70 years ago and the world has continually gotten worse as a result.

[-] TomAwsm@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

We might need a Ghandi with nukes...

[-] gbzm@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Best we can do is Modi

[-] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago
[-] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

As an American, I would argue that the United States didn't win the Cold War, the Soviet Union just lost it.

[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

And making sure to tell the USA how stupid they are at the same time.

A bit hypocritical, eh?

[-] suction@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If you look a little closer, it’s not. Educated European people do not want to copy American culture, or at the very least try to pick out the good stuff. They are those who criticise the US for the bad stuff, though.

Our dummies, deplorables, low class people on the other hand have eaten up American culture hook line and sinker, they are culturally in sync with basic bitch Americans and their lifestyle and hobbies (minus guns because of laws)…music, movies, food, holiday destinations, political views, clothing, hobbies is all copied from the US. American soft power works wonders on soft European brains. These are the people who don’t criticise the US but the US shouldn’t take that as a compliment, because they’re morons.

So there is a huge class divide in Europe between people who want to turn Europe in the US, end those who think that’s not a good idea. No hypocrisy.

[-] WldFyre@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

Educated American people don't like the way the US is right now either haha

[-] suction@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago
[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Not really hypocritical, not all of us are Fr*nch

[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago
[-] suction@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

*our lower classes (in terms of education) do

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

We're at the USA obesity levels of 1995, now tell me it's just the ignorant.

I mean it probably starts there but with a third if a population voting far right, ignorants will soon be the biggest part of our countries.

[-] suction@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It might as well be, that’s why the upper classes should look for an alternative.

Also, who is “we”? I’m not from the UK

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago
[-] suction@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

In that case "we" are at 53%, the US were at least at 55% in the early 90s, which is 35 years ago. I think that's a long enough timespan to make any comparison moot.

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