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Why does most American's give shit to the French when if not for them we would have lost the revolution? (lemmy.world)
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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Most people are stupid and get off on feeling superior to others.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

An exceptionally stupid strain of nationalism (itself not noted for its intellectual prowess) having sprung up from the 1980s and having become a major political-cultural force in our broken society.

[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

Revolution was a while ago. Too long ago actually to be relevant now. Neither modern Americans nor modern French have anything in common with the US revolution.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t know that “most” Americans do.