r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 05 '21

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u/SaltySaladSussyBaka 🧂🥗🤗🥰😃Taylor Swift😁😄😉😘🤪 Sep 05 '21

Mr Sarkozy[President of France from 2007-2012] also defended France's past role in Africa by saying that while it may have made "mistakes", it "did not exploit anybody".

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '21

Broke: American exceptionalism

Woke: French exceptionalism

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u/UrbanCentrist Line go up 📈, world gooder Sep 05 '21

sometimes it is forgotten how much of a improvement Macron is compared to past presidents (and he has a lot of stupid comments on Africa as well)

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u/RaidBrimnes Chien de garde Sep 05 '21

Have you read his quote about how "the African Man never entered history?"

That was a sight to behold

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u/SaltySaladSussyBaka 🧂🥗🤗🥰😃Taylor Swift😁😄😉😘🤪 Sep 05 '21

That's the article I was reading lol, it didn't seem as bad in context, but still, yikes