Because they are arrogant and have nothing to be arrogant about!
The sooner they sink into the Third World category (and they are nearly there now), the better!
You said, in part: Because they are arrogant and have nothing to be arrogant about!
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Most of the French (that I met over a year back in 1980-81) re like most everyone else. Several told me, in separate instances, about their national bird, the rooster. It is the only bird, they said, that crows, while it is standing in sh*t.
Things may have changed, but the rank and file people I met were great to be with-- IF you speak decent French.