[gabaix]

This is an apt description of how things are, sadly. And it all starts at the crib when parents teach their children blind obedience.

[aredox]

This is the complete opposite of what this story describes.

And since when are the French blindly obedient? Is that really their reputation?

[astrange]

The idea that French people constantly fight for their rights isn't true either; they basically just love rioting. Americans interpret this as noble political activity because Americans have an incorrect belief that protesting is an effective method of political change that comes from misunderstanding Civil Rights/Vietnam protests.

But when you actually see interviews with French rioters you find they're all conspiracy theorists who think they've uncovered French QAnon. Or they're farmers who want even more subsidies and want to get rid of climate policy.