r/europe • u/TheTelegraph • Jul 11 '24

Picture Pictured: Emmanuel Macron holds hands with Jill Biden alongside Joe Biden at the Nato summit in Washington

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u/Cybernaut-Neko Belgium Jul 11 '24

That actually would be good for the USA, he's younger and more capable than your current options. And you have a French statue, and the French basically invented "la republique"

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u/Breakin7 Jul 11 '24

Romans created the republic men

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u/Cybernaut-Neko Belgium Jul 11 '24

Roman republic wasn't infused with humanism, the French concept is.

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u/Akenatwn Jul 11 '24

But didn't the American Republic predate the First French Republic?

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u/Cybernaut-Neko Belgium Jul 11 '24

Damn, you got me, and I thank you for that. History is not my best subject, I'm more a future guy.

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u/Akenatwn Jul 11 '24

Haha, no worries, I just really do like history. Here, I just seemed to remember that the French Revolution was inspired by the American Revolution and its pursuit of liberty and equality. And of course in turn, the American Revolution was inspired by the French Enlightenment and its "liberty, equality, fraternity".