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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Interesting thread on UK vs France from the other app. I am curious, do locals of either country agree? https://x.com/bswud/status/1804899087197564950
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miro𓆣
@miroyato
Mostly agree but the use of "solidarity" for the UK instead of France is wild! The UK has had almost no mass social movement and protests in the past 25 years other than against war. Their civil society and political solidarity has fizzled out at an alarming pace. In contrast, France, for all its issues, has mutual aid and solidarity baked into its identity. Old people pensions getting cut? Everyone in the streets. Farmers getting undercut? Everyone in the street. Students financial aid cut? Everyone in the streets. And everyone in the streets is not just a pass-time as some might like u yo think. Its a huge costs for those participating and yet they do so even when its not a cause directly impacting them. Not to mention that historically the western world has taken the french revolution as a guide to how a people can and should seek its liberation while espousing fraternity
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Stee
@steetweets
I think the UK has a lot of complainers who don't take action. It's literally imbedded in the culture. I rarely hear people from UK proud of their country. They complain about everything. Least nationalistic people I know (I'm technically a brit, just haven't lived there since I was 14)
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Angus Chiu
@anguschiu.eth
As a concept being abused by war mongers and autocratic government so much in past 100 years, being nationalistic is not particularly cool these days. Can we say Brit is ahead of the curve in the human advancement, recognising that government is a necessity while never able to its job well enough?
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