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4. Don't get me wrong. I love France. Another josh I had...
Thu May 8, 2025, 09:57 AM
May 8

...with ny French friends concerned a claim that the French invented democracy. Whence that came, I don't know.

My repost went like this: "Let's see, we had a revolution and wrote a Constitution that's operated for over 200 years. You had a revolution followed by a an emporer, a king, a short lived emporer and a few rickety Republics thrown in here and there.

It's sad to think of it now as our Constitutional government committed suicide, but back then, 30 years ago I could be proud of being an Americsn.

I am hoping my son will move to France after completing his Ph.D.. For now they're a safe country.

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