> The only country that I personally know that is as privileged as France in the world geopolitically is Argentina. Argentina is richer than France, the political system has lots of similarities and it is an absolute mess.
What. Argentina has inflation >100% per year, their currency has a thriving black market to be useable at all, many people stockpile dollars in their homes because the banks won’t give it back, they block exports, etc.
They’re not more geopolitically privileged than the United States, for one, which has the global reserve currency.
> Bureaucracy is so high (bureau is a French word).
~30% of English has roots in French so I don’t think this is relevant. That includes words like legume, but they don’t hold a special place in the nut or vegetable markets. (For fun historical reasons, what English calls legumes is largely associated with nuts but the French word refers to vegetables. This is also true of prune/plum and grape/raisin.)
What. Argentina has inflation >100% per year, their currency has a thriving black market to be useable at all, many people stockpile dollars in their homes because the banks won’t give it back, they block exports, etc.
They’re not more geopolitically privileged than the United States, for one, which has the global reserve currency.
> Bureaucracy is so high (bureau is a French word).
~30% of English has roots in French so I don’t think this is relevant. That includes words like legume, but they don’t hold a special place in the nut or vegetable markets. (For fun historical reasons, what English calls legumes is largely associated with nuts but the French word refers to vegetables. This is also true of prune/plum and grape/raisin.)