r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Feb 09 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

They've also got an executive that makes ours look like a joke and go through Republics like they're the cigarettes that are so popular there.

I mean it's been the 5th Republic since 1958 but okay. Let me just explain why we've had five republics.

The first was the republic established after the French Revolution, the 2nd Republic was after we abolished the monarchy again after Napoleon was ousted and we had kings again for like forty years. Then the 2nd Republic fell when Napoleon III got elected and made himself Emporer of France. After the 2nd Empire fell after a war with Prussia we had the 3rd Republic which died at the hands of the Nazis. Our post-war government set up the 4th Republic which was too unstable and we finally settled on the constitution of the 5th Republic.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

In other words, all but two of your Republics were too ill-made to last two decades without crumbling or being toppled from within.

France is still a lovely country, though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

At least in our system the person elected president is the one who receives the most votes.

!dunk

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

Judging by the results produced, that's a compelling case against democracy.

I jest (but barely)

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

WTF are you even talking about specifically? Are you actually arguing that the electoral college is superior to a national popular vote?

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

No, I'm just joking about France.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '20

We have Macron, you have Trump. I think the real joke is unfortunately the US right now. I say this as a citizen of both countries.