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Why do the tankies dislike France?
A French Lemmy instance hurt their feelings.
My guess would be that as France tried to recover from WWII they stubbornly tried to claw back their imperial holdings, basically starting the Vietnam War and probably some other more minor conflicts that I'm not remembering right now.
Not that you should expect good faith reasoning from .mlgrad.
Well there's also the recent and completely predictable political development where the liberal parties formed a government with fascist support.
That the erosion of French civil liberties is still miles above most "AES" is irrelevant.
OK but who likes France?
Not french people, that's for sure
Even they hate French people.
Well, y'know... broadly gestures at centuries of imperialism
Self counterpoint : Jean Jaurès was one of the most based leftists to ever live. But he was probably not authoritarian enough for them
Why do anyone like the French? Its not like they have good Wine
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