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The French are still fighting for the US democracy. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by vatlark@lemmy.world to c/bestoflemmy@lemmy.world
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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

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

They were marching and burning down police stations four years ago.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

If its gonna be a dick measuring contest wake me when Americans pull politicians onto the street and behead them.

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