The French may not have the first democracy, may not have the best democracy, but they have had to fight harder than most for their democracy.

  • paraphrasing from an audio tour by Rick Steves, I think.

Edit: oops, i flipped words in the title

    • dch82@lemmy.zipdeleted by creatorEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      I don’t see Americans unionising and making a noise about rising pension ages

      • Anticorp@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish
        11·
        2 years ago

        Unionization is on the rise and they’ve been more active than at any point in my life. There have been several large strikes in the last couple years alone. What are you talking about?

        • dch82@lemmy.zipdeleted by creatorEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          Let’s be real here: the French have no chill when it comes to the pension, but its nice to see some change in the US.

      • Anticorp@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish
        11·
        2 years ago

        They were marching and burning down police stations four years ago.

        • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          If its gonna be a dick measuring contest wake me when Americans pull politicians onto the street and behead them.