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"Patrie" is "Fatherland", not "Patriotism".
by a-french-anon 2y ago
"Patrie" is "Fatherland", not "Patriotism".
- 082349872349872 2y agoMy bad; I should've known better from « Allons enfants de la patrie » !
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- 082349872349872 2y agoFound an image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_France#/media/File:Moneta_FRANCIA_1943.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichy_France#/media/File:Monet... Having reflected, the general problem with "homeland" vs "patriotism" is that the narrower focus might lead to silliness such as the overseas francophonie getting textbooks speaking about "our ancestors, the celts". Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls_nVMZK3rM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls_nVMZK3rM (Euh les filles, are-you sure that the problem of inégalité as posed is, in fact, soluble by radicals?) (at least Vichy France left things at « Famille » and didn't go so far as the teutonic triple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder,_Küche,_Kirche#Third_Reich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder,_Küche,_Kirche#Third_Re... )