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What's not to like about France?
Did you know that the French Senate uses indirect elections to ensure that the socialists are almost never able to gain control? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_(France)
Did you know that the French use a two-round voting system to help eliminate the spoiler effect? (Okay, you probably did know that.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(France)
The French cassation court is able to review a lot more cases (up to 90% of appealed cases) than the U.S. Supreme Court (as few as 1% of the same petitions), because they focus on judicial uniformity rather than judicial law-making. https://academic.oup.com/aler/article-abstract/21/2/346/5537964
Despite surrendering to the Germans at every opportunity, the French seem to keep coming out on top in the end; they have nuclear weapons and a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, and Germany doesn't, despite Germany's superior industrial base. Yeah, France got occupied by the Germans, but Germany got occupied by the Russians; which is worse? The suicides might provide a clue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_suicides_in_1945_Nazi_Germany
French soldiers also get some of the best rations around, to the point that even civilians want to get hold of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_ration#France https://www.wsj.com/articles/french-military-rations-featuring-camembert-and-cassoulet-are-prized-by-civilians-too-1394078508
The French military lacks any long-distance strategic airlift, but that's okay, because they can just hitch a ride on American planes when they need to deploy somewhere; this lets them concentrate on building sexier fighters and tanks, etc. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/french-hard-power-living-on-the-strategic-edge/
Did you know that the French Senate uses indirect elections to ensure that the socialists are almost never able to gain control? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_(France)
Did you know that the French use a two-round voting system to help eliminate the spoiler effect? (Okay, you probably did know that.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(France)
The French cassation court is able to review a lot more cases (up to 90% of appealed cases) than the U.S. Supreme Court (as few as 1% of the same petitions), because they focus on judicial uniformity rather than judicial law-making. https://academic.oup.com/aler/article-abstract/21/2/346/5537964
Despite surrendering to the Germans at every opportunity, the French seem to keep coming out on top in the end; they have nuclear weapons and a permanent seat in the UN Security Council, and Germany doesn't, despite Germany's superior industrial base. Yeah, France got occupied by the Germans, but Germany got occupied by the Russians; which is worse? The suicides might provide a clue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_suicides_in_1945_Nazi_Germany
French soldiers also get some of the best rations around, to the point that even civilians want to get hold of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_ration#France https://www.wsj.com/articles/french-military-rations-featuring-camembert-and-cassoulet-are-prized-by-civilians-too-1394078508
The French military lacks any long-distance strategic airlift, but that's okay, because they can just hitch a ride on American planes when they need to deploy somewhere; this lets them concentrate on building sexier fighters and tanks, etc. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/french-hard-power-living-on-the-strategic-edge/
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