Old Tyrannia wrote:Olerand wrote:And no, of course not everyone in France believes the exact same things, like I've already said in my comparison with Aelex. I vote for the Socialist Party, he supports the Front, clearly, we don't share all the same beliefs. But we both have a sense of belonging. We know what is France, what is the Republic, and we belong to it. The core beliefs between an FN voter, me, a Macron supporter, and a Communist are the same. We all claim the Republic and its values.
You are aware that French monarchists do in fact exist, yes? I know a few personally. Not every Frenchman is born a republican, any more than every British person is born a royalist.
Certainly. But they're not in the political discourse, popular discourse, popular thought, or the common representation of France and what being French is. But they do exist, in their very small numbers. The Bourbons aren't dead, and neither are the Bonapartes.