Comments by "King Ace" (@kingace6186) on "France plans for hegemony" video.

  1. LOL Remember when France got mad at the US because they were trying to sell old, diesel-powered submarines to Australia and the US stepped in with newer, nuclear-powered submarines.
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  2. LMFAO calling France the world's central superpower (like the modern US) is hilarious. When was this? Napoleon's era, when he couldn't even make it across the English Channel? French colonization era, when France lived under Pax-Britannica. Even in Charlomange's era, the actual peak of France's military power, the Franks were still not superior to the Byzantine Empire. France wasn't even the most powerful state in Europe until briefly due to Napoleon's military mind.
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  3. I like Macron and France for that matter. However, I t take two big issues to most French presidents' plans for hegemony. First, and most important, Russia can never be trusted NOT to play great-power, autocratic politics that bulldoze the ideals of the Free World -- "Russian backwardness" or "Eurasianism" is the antithesis of liberal democracies. Second, and what I care about the most about, French hegemony is always centered around France being the top dog of any world order it is a part of -- even if they already hold a powerful role in "Pax-Americana". The reason this bothers me so much is that this is inherently similar to the 'strong-man always right' of Eurasianism AND many French seem too quick to forget that WW2 was won by countries across the world -- not just parts of Europe.
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