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[-] Infynis@midwest.social 55 points 22 hours ago

I would definitely be in favor of France taking the US's place on the world stage. They're a more appropriate leader of the free world anyway

[-] troglodyte_mignon@lemmy.world 48 points 15 hours ago

Hm, I don’t think there’s such a thing as an “appropriate leader of the free world”. (Not even talking about how problematic the notion of “the free world” is.) We’re in this mess because one country has this much power over the rest of us. Replacing it with another (I’m saying this hypothetically, because France is in no position to gain as much power as the US anyway) doesn’t solve the problem.

Also, and I’m saying this as a French person, France has its issues, even though they’re not as cataclysmically bad as the United States’s problems right now. The far right is getting a lot stronger here too (as in many other countries) and I’m frankly worried about the future. Many people here are fighting against this, and I hope we can turn the tide somehow, but... never depend on one country.

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, 2 countries should be world leaders. Moldova and Romania

[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

Kazakhstan would like a word. They are a number one exporter of potassium. Also other countries are run by little girls.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago

Last time France got to be a superpower they enslaved the west of Africa.

[-] troglodyte_mignon@lemmy.world 19 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Yep, and while we did progress from the mindset of that time, I don’t think we made as much progress as we should have, and the recent political atmosphere is... worrying. I mean, I don’t think we would enslave Africa again, but I shudder to think of what a superpower with our far right as its head would do. Also, superpowers are intrinsically dangerous, imho.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

France is still enslaving parts.

[-] troglodyte_mignon@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago
[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

The West African Franc and the Central African Franc and how France is using them to hold the economic keys to huge parts of its former colonial empire.

Not sure if that's what the previous poster referred to, but that's what I'd guess.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

can it be literally anyone else please? I worry that if the French get any more pompous they'll explode so fiercely that we won't need any nuclear weapons

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

LePen's party is on the cusp of taking the presidency.

It's crazy to see anymore excited about a more militant French government.

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