• finitebanjo@piefed.world
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    3 days ago

    Depends on how well they remember the 1930s. I just think collapsing is the wrong word, and apparently it’s the word every single news outlet is running with.

    It implies France is failing to function as a nation, when nothing could be further from the truth.

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      It’s common in parliamentary systems to describe the ruling coalition (‘the government’) dissolving under unfavorable circumstances as the government ‘collapsing’, it’s just an accepted nomenclature.