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RoboJesus4President t1_j65e88c wrote

Reply to comment by Hspryd in AP Stylebook includes 'The French' in list of 'general and often dehumanizing 'the' labels. by wewhomustnotbenamed

Those kinda stop counting after they folded when it really mattered.

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Hspryd t1_j65i5pf wrote

Love the good ol « when it really mattered » speaking of History continuum haha !

I hope every conscious existences draw values out of their short lives and recognize that their choices and perspectives do matter in the era they’re born in.

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p314159i t1_j65hbqp wrote

I'd probably stop fighting too after getting everything you ever dreamed of in the last war and it still not being worth it only having to do it fucking over 20 years later.

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ShadowDragon8685 t1_j66l3cb wrote

Let's also not forget that thanks to a combination of French generals preparing really really hard for the last war for twenty years, and the Nazis' perfect willingness to invade literally anyone, the Nazis managed to bypass the French army more or less entirely and go running rampage throughout the rest of France, having seized the capitol while the bulk of the French military was still manning the Maginot Line.

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