Saeko wrote:Criticizing the head of state is nowhere near the same thing as threatening a coup. But I realize your Republican brain is too small to understand the difference, and that your neo-confederate fee-fees cannot handle any criticism of Don-Il-Douche.
Using criminal investigations to try to force someone from power is in the nature of a coup. Using phony impeachments to force someone from power is in the nature of a coup. Stuffing ballot boxes is in the nature of a coup. For all practical purposes, the US deep state is in no position to pretend that it has some sort of moral superiority.
Politics_Observer wrote:Our military leaders weren't threatening a coup like the French generals were.
Our deep state entertained every idea imaginable. Emoluments clause, 25th Amendment, years of criminal investigations that went nowhere, two impeachments, politicizing covid, stuffing the ballot box, etc. There was nothing off the table with Trump.
Sandzak wrote:Therefore France has so much Muslim serial killers/terrorists. France and Germany have a similar Muslim population.
Terrorism leads also to radicalisation on the French side.
That's not exclusively an education issue. Much of the Muslim population lives fundamentally separate lives from the rest of France. There is a lack of integration to the point where there are no-go areas in French cities (not that this isn't true of American cities too).
Politics_Observer wrote:It sounds like France could learn from Switzerland and Germany. Especially, since Germany has a Muslim population but not the same problems as France. Personally, I think the U.S. could also learn from Germany and Switzerland too.
Most of the Turkish population still doesn't have German citizenship. However, they were brought in to work and generally do. Turks aren't Arabic, so there is a distinct cultural difference to people from Algeria, Tunisia, etc.
Politics_Observer wrote:I wanted to share what Michael Cohen has to say about his former boss, Donald Trump now blackjack. Donald Trump doesn't care about you or any of his voters either.
Michael Cohen got rolled by the deep state. They got nothing on Trump, but Cohen has to play their game or he goes back to jail. They are trying to do the same thing to Rudy. That's violating attorney-client privilege, which is exactly the type of thing that Putin or Xi would do. The Democrats and deep state do not have any moral authority. You are kidding yourself if you think I believe politicians care about me.
Politics_Observer wrote: It's good to see Michael Cohen seemingly get back to his old self again that he had prior to meeting and going to work for Trump.
Is it? Cohen was always a scumbag. He's still a scumbag.
Rugoz wrote:BJ, our resident expert on France.
Hardly. I find myself there about once every 5-7 years starting when I was 18. It's a very different place now. I've seen the same sort of thing growing up in California, where I am a resident expert. It's pitiful.
Rugoz wrote:Pretty sure that's nonsense, the French are among the highest paid foreigners, on average.
École graduates, sure. I'm not sure the average public school kid does so well.
Rugoz wrote:That's not to say the apprenticeship system is bad, but workplace requirements are arguably changing.
There's another key difference: Germany did not de-industrialize like much of France or the United States. So France suffers from some of the same hollowing out of the industrial base seen in the UK and the US.
Sandzak wrote:France has a high youth jobless rate: 19.2
Germany: 6.1
When you break that down by ethnicity, it's often quite revealing. The US collects stats like that, but a lot of countries don't.
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