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Re:Petition to stop France from forcing browsers like Firefo... by pmontra on Thursday August 17, 2023 @11:18AM (#37163020)
Almost no part of the world was free from European colonialism. France was one of the largest colonial powers. If England lost to France maybe India would be speaking French instead of English now.
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Re:Petition to stop France from forcing browsers like Firefo... by bombolo on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:11PM (#37164945)
And we can all agree that french revolution values are much better than whatever crap the rest of europe was pushing?
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Re:Petition to stop France from forcing browsers like Firefo... by pmontra on Thursday August 17, 2023 @02:49PM (#37166260)
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité: yes. What actually happened, the Terror and an Emperor: no.
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Re:Petition to stop France from forcing browsers like Firefo... by bombolo on Friday August 18, 2023 @11:28AM (#37176959)
I mean, study some history… with the emperor they still fared much better than before. Which is why they loved the emperor.

But I understand that the anglosaxon history might be a bit biased and edited.

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