OBS Chapter 2058 The Awkward Gallic Chicken (Please give me a monthly ticket!! Please subscribe!! Please
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France is actually a rather awkward country, they live a very awkward life.
They think they are a world power and a force that determines the fate of the world, but in reality, they often do not receive the "corresponding" treatment they think they receive in the international arena.
They believe that as one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, France's international status is unparalleled.
However, in stark contrast to France's lofty international status, France's international image has remained the same for decades. To this day, "Breast France" jokes are still flying all over the Internet, telling the world all the time: France's face has never existed.
For a big country, this is undoubtedly an incredible result. We must know that "economic base determines superstructure" and comprehensive national strength determines international status and face. However, France's international status has always been out of touch with its international face. Although everyone on the earth knows that France's comprehensive national strength is outstanding and its international status is crucial, they still can't help but look down on it when France is mentioned.
France is one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, one of the EU's "twin giants", a member of the G7 and a member of NATO. Logically, a country with so many "titles" should be a country with great influence. However, in the real world, although France has some influence, it lacks "leadership qualities", especially at the key juncture of historical turning points, France often gives people the feeling of "lack of responsibility". There is actually only one reason for this, that is, it has never found its "appropriate position".
Since modern times, France has always been a traditional power in Europe and even in the world. Before World War II, France and Britain were known as the two major colonial empires; after World War II, France was one of the five permanent members of the Security Council representing the post-war governance system, and it was also one of the "leaders" of the European Union; economically, it is a member of the G7, and its total GDP has long been among the top seven in the world; France is a manufacturing powerhouse and has an independent scientific and technological research and development system. Militarily, France is a "member of the nuclear bomb club" and has a complete military-industrial system.
From the perspective of soft and hard power, France is undoubtedly a world power. However, the role it plays in international affairs is obviously not in line with its strength. The fundamental reason is that at every major historical juncture, France often "falls behind", that is, it lacks the courage to "take responsibility".
After World War I, the appeasement of France and Britain led to the inevitable World War II. In World War II, France, which claimed to have the best army in continental Europe, collapsed at the first blow with the Nazi army, and raised its hands to Hitler after only 40 days. Fortunately, General Charles de Gaulle did not give up resistance, which left the "ambitious" France with an opportunity to "turn over", otherwise, France would probably have become "mediocre" after World War II. After World War II, with the support of Churchill, France barely won a permanent seat on the UN Security Council as a victorious country, and finally preserved a trace of dignity and the right to participate in world affairs for the French nation. Of course, the "strategist" Churchill also had strategic selfishness in supporting France, that is, to balance the other two powers on the European continent, namely Germany and Russia. However, France, which was "tangled" in its heart, has since embarked on another path. After a lot of tossing, France is still "wandering" and has not found a "position" suitable for itself. To put it bluntly, it is "very embarrassing".
The French nation is romantic and proud at the same time. When romance and pride are organically combined, France will burst out with amazing creativity. However, more often, romance and pride are opposites, or they are presented separately, and the result is "entanglement" and "taking it for granted". And this "entanglement" and "taking it for granted" distort the "soul" of the French nation.
France suffered heavy losses in World War I, and its fear and selfish mentality led to a policy of appeasement, or, to put it bluntly, a loss of "blood". This mentality was the reason why France almost "surrendered without a fight" in World War II. At the same time, the experience of "surrendering without a fight" made the proud French nation feel "humiliated". In other words, "romance" made France choose to surrender, while pride made them "sad", which led to the "entanglement" of the French.
The proud French people wanted to restore their reputation and were very anxious. However, they needed strength to prove themselves. However, France, which was "insufficient in strength" after the war, naturally found it difficult to gain respect in Europe and the world. Therefore, the romantic French began to "take shortcuts", that is, to find another way. In order to attract attention and have a sense of existence.
It must be said that General de Gaulle really wanted to save France and restore its great power status and dignity. Therefore, after establishing the Fifth Republic, General de Gaulle proposed the geopolitical strategy of "Europe for Europeans". In international affairs, General de Gaulle pursued an "independent" diplomatic policy. In the military, France withdrew from the NATO military integrated command system. It is obvious that General de Gaulle wanted France to become the "third pole of the world" during the Cold War.
Objectively speaking, France had a period of "glory" during the Cold War. For example, the United States and Britain were unwilling and unable to give up France, while the Soviet camp regarded winning over France as a "political weapon" to attack the West. Therefore, during the 1960s, France felt "flattered". However, "ideals are full, but reality is cruel". The French soon discovered that it was "nothing", or in other words, it was just a "chip" used by the two major camps in the Cold War. In other words, France at that time only earned the title of "world power", but in reality, France's influence was constantly weakened by the United States and the Soviet Union. For example, under the tacit "understanding" cooperation of the two emerging superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, France's colonial interests in the Middle East and Africa were constantly "eroded" by the United States and the Soviet Union. For example, the strategy of "leading the European continent" was crushed by the United States.
France has only one purpose in proposing the slogan and strategy of "Europe is Europe for Europeans" and withdrawing from NATO's military integration, which is to take advantage of the "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity that Germany was restricted by because it was a defeated country in World War II, and make France the real leader of the European continent. However, things did not go as planned. Under the strategic needs of the United States and the Soviet Union, France's dream of becoming the "big boss" in Europe was also shattered. France wanted to become the "king of the European continent", but the Soviet Union also wanted to do so. Therefore, the Soviet Union used the Warsaw Group to firmly control the geopolitics of Eastern Europe. The most important thing is that the United States used the military organization NATO to completely "kidnap" the Central and Western European countries by establishing the Soviet Union as a "powerful enemy in Europe". The French who withdrew from NATO's military integrated command system found themselves "very embarrassed": on the ground in Europe, the two major military groups of NATO and Warsaw fought happily, and France basically had nothing to do.
As the saying goes: power comes from doing more. At that time, France was no more than a "cold bystander" in European affairs. Naturally, it lacked the right to speak. Another reason for France's embarrassment was that it could not give up the West in terms of values, so it was impossible to have a real "consensus" with the Soviet camp. Therefore, France was at best an "awkward mediator" between the East and the West. However, the contradictions between the two camps were obviously not something that could be resolved through mediation. Therefore, France only "earned a lot of publicity" during the Cold War.
After the Cold War, France was "very embarrassed" when facing the West. The reason was that it "left the camp" during the Cold War, but the victorious side was the West. In other words, the "credit" was not France, and Europe was not France. So, the romantic French made another "gorgeous turn". After Sarkozy came to power, France completely abandoned de Gaulleism and rejoined NATO's military integration organization in 2009. However, an incident that happened afterwards exposed France's "utilitarianism". It also made the United States both use and be wary of France.
France returned to NATO's military integration organization in 2009, and in 2011, NATO bombed Libya and overthrew the Gaddafi regime. The West has always been reluctant to mention the "role" played by France in the NATO bombing of Libya. But many years later, due to opposition to Macron's plan to form a European army, NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg revealed the "truth" of NATO's bombing of Libya and its forced intervention in the Libyan civil war in a mocking tone.
According to Stoltenberg, it was not NATO that wanted to overthrow Gaddafi, but France and Sarkozy who really wanted to overthrow Gaddafi's regime. At that time, NATO was still "hesitant", and it was France that took the lead in bombing Tripoli. In order to show internal unity, NATO had to fight Libya. Obviously, Stoltenberg was not only mocking France's lack of strength, but also implying France's "utilitarian" behavior of "kidnapping" NATO. Since then, the United States has also begun to doubt France's motives for returning to NATO, and has implemented a strategy of vigilance and suppression against France. Based on this, France once again had the idea of withdrawing from NATO.
Someone once commented on France, saying that after Napoleon, especially after the Franco-Prussian War, the French people's "arrogance" has "changed its flavor" and they are no longer a European leader who can turn the tide. At every historical node, romanticism will turn into "utilitarianism". Of course, in name, it is "independent", but in reality, it lacks responsibility. Such a France is naturally difficult to become a true leader in Europe. This was the case after World War I, in the early days of World War II, and during the Cold War.
They always make themselves look powerful and arrogant, but no one is willing to pay attention to them. They can set up some small circles in North Africa, and everyone pretends not to see them, but that's where they end up.
The Gauls' awkwardness is not only reflected in international affairs, but also in their daily lives.
For example, the Gauls do not like Americans very much, thinking that they are rude and uncultured. But their bodies are very honest, and they always follow the Americans consciously or unconsciously.
They say they dislike America, but they like American culture.
It's very awkward.
As for French culture… Honestly, if you go to a French cinema now, the most popular movies are always Hollywood movies. As for French local movies… They are all fucking ruined. Basically, except for art films, they are just art films.
France has huge subsidies for filming movies, so all directors are spoiled and start making art films, thinking they are cool. They don't know how to make commercial films, and the few who can make commercial films can only go to Hollywood.
Even so, a group of Chinese people are still advocating for the government to subsidize movies, especially art films... Fortunately, the government did not agree, otherwise Chinese movies would definitely be worse than they are now. A group of old men who lived in the 1960s and 1970s are still fantasizing about themselves! (I really hate the so-called fifth and sixth generations. Basically, none of them can tell a good story. They just want to show off and don’t make good movies. Even so, until today, there are still a group of so-called filmmakers who are cricketing about commercial movies, thinking that commercial movies are not good, and art films are the real movies... But they just admire Hollywood, as if Hollywood’s commercial blockbusters are not commercial movies. To put it bluntly, these people are compradors. In their opinion, it is best for them to make art films and the government to pay for them, and then all commercial films belong to Americans. To be honest, it is not easy for Chinese films to grow to this day under the "care" of these grandsons... But if you want to say how many people have contributed... There is no one. Fuck, if it weren’t for Hollywood itself, domestic films would have been dead long ago!)
In short, this country as a whole is awkward, from the people to the government.
Diana was a low-profile woman in France, but when she went to America...she became Wonder Woman.
Some French people feel very uncomfortable.
But some French people think that it is because France is better than the United States... Actually, this is nonsense. Other places in France may be better than the United States. But Paris... Let's put it this way, the city of Paris has never been peaceful since ancient times, especially after World War II, when a large number of immigrants poured in and public security became worse. The more modern it is, the worse it is.
In short, the main point is to deceive oneself.
But now, the problem is big, and the French government really has no choice but to ask for help... Of course, according to them, it is definitely not asking for help. Damn, Diana's passport clearly states that her nationality is French!
This is called conscription!
Of course, everyone knows the specific situation. But they won't say it out loud. No matter how arrogant the French government is, they don't think that Wonder Woman will obey the government's orders... After all, this passport... is fake from beginning to end!
Men need to wash their feet. After washing, they will feel relaxed...