FRANCE: Macron Blames USA "Woke-ism". UPDATE: launches 'anti-woke' think tank ahead of election !

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Well when contrasted by Marine Le Pen dude is a flaming Liberal. Supporting Free Market and capitalism is also a staple of U.S. Liberals.

If one only uses economic policy to determine what a "liberal" is, MLP is one too. She's not really about changing how the economy works. Anyways not many over here are mistaken about Macron and what he stands for, and it's certainly not progressive ideas, that's for sure.
 

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Regarding “race” as a general idea: Regardless of our individual views on the topic, the world is going to have to address the role that the “idea” of race has played in the forming of our modern world. There are literally edicts that were put forth by Rome and the papacy that fueled Western European colonization that targeted populations based on skin color/race, and religion (or lack thereof.) The resulting actions of those very edicts literally shaped the modern world and who sits where in society. Each of us has the responsibility to become more historians than we have traditionally been. We can’t just focus on what’s going on now or even just the last couple hundred years.

Google: “Dum Diversas,” “Inter Caetera,” “Dudum siquidem” just to start and go down that rabbit hole.

“The bull Dudum siquidem, which is also known as the "extension of the donation", extending the land grants of Inter caetera, foresees that "it may happen that your envoys and captains, or vassals, while voyaging towards the west or the south, might bring their ships to land in eastern regions and there discover islands and mainlands that belonged or belong to India".[1]In view of that, the pope adds to his previous grants to Ferdinand and Isabella

...just as if in the aforesaid letters full and express mention had been made thereof, we do in like manner amplify and extend our aforesaid gift, grant, assignment, and letters, with all and singular the clauses contained in the said letters, to all islands and mainlands whatsoever, found and to be found, discovered and to be discovered, that are or may be or may seem to be in the route of navigation or travel towards the west or south, whether they be in western parts, or in the regions of the south and east and of India. We grant to you and your aforesaid heirs and successors full and free power through your own authority, exercised through yourselves or through another or others, freely to take corporal possession of the said islands and countries and to hold them forever, and to defend them against whosoever may oppose.[1]

That’ll give you a clearer picture of why we are where we are today. Once you understand these things and realize there are still people fighting tooth and nail to maintain this society that has been the result of what has essentially been an ongoing 500 + year war. (Hint: it’s not the hillbilly rednecks)

It’s just that now the war has evolved into one of ideas. Us having this discussion here is literally one of countless “battles” being fought online/in person about how we feel about this world and where/how we go next.
 

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"you nikkas and sand nikkas need to act white and we'll throw you a bone"

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I always heard France was more left leaning progressive than America. I guess that was lies.
 
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