"liberte egalite fraternite" all sound great on paper. Unfortunately, in practice, it is nowhere near true. After living in France for more than 12 years, I have found the French to be anything but. They are racist,anti-semitic,anti-American.I realize this is a large generalization with exceptions, but on the whole, it is asrounding to see people give lip service to those values, and live exactly opposite.
The leftist elites are the most guilty on the anti-semitic and anti-American counts, although I was shocked to find it on all levels of French society.
Well, the French ARE free. Liberte has been taken to the point of the libertin.
The egalite and fraternite parts need some work.
Indeed, the same could be said of that type in the US and even the whole world.
Having spent some travel time out of the Paris metro region, I do say that I have liked many of the French I have encountered.