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I'm pretty sure that socialism had existed well before France did.

[Wombat101]

"I'm pretty sure that socialism had existed well before France did."

Yep. Just look back to early Christian church history and you'll be amazed at all the socialism being advocated (and practiced).

The problem with France (and Germany, Italy, Holland, etc) is that they have embraced the false belief that social justice and peace can be bought while ignoring the baser instincts of human nature.

Or, as Chairman Mao so elequently put it, "There is no such thing as human nature."

The first rule of human nature: it is not enough to simply "have enough", one must "have more", and it doesn't matter where "more" comes from.

[adorno]

I'm pretty sure that socialism had existed well before France did.

And socialism will continue to exist long after France has diedl

The death of France will be an unfortunate event, but so will the continued existence of socialism. But, it's hard to train simple-minded people all over the world.