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[โ€“] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a people that keep reminding the oligarchy who is charge they sure seem to have the same wealth gap as all the other liberal nations

[โ€“] rambaroo@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're still a capitalist country like most, but worker rights are pretty strong there and they have much better social services and consumer regulations. I'm always blown away by how much higher quality French food is despite costing less, and I mean like from the grocery store not just nice restaurants.