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Not a bit. I never even took a French course in school, so my ability to read French slowly and painfully is self-taught. My sister did marry a Swiss French watchmaker, so she learned some and my nephews are fully bilingual.I do wish Drix would give sources.I suspect that the "deep rot" has been overstated. Petain's government had a strong inventive to excoriate the 3rd Republic, the PCF and others on the left were happy to critique the right-wing's activities (such as the attempted coup), and the post-war government had the incentive to buttress its legitimacy by pointing out the problems of the 3rd Republic and how it was better.Other democracies have overcome rot through reform. In the British case, the reform of the "rotten boroughs" comes to mind. While the 3rd Republic had multiple problems that it needed to resolve, electoral reform and some changes to the way the parliament functioned could have gone a long way. For example, forcing an election when a government fell would have stabilized governments and ministries by removing the incentive for constant intriguing and changing alliances.
Not a bit. I never even took a French course in school, so my ability to read French slowly and painfully is self-taught. My sister did marry a Swiss French watchmaker, so she learned some and my nephews are fully bilingual.
I do wish Drix would give sources.
I suspect that the "deep rot" has been overstated. Petain's government had a strong inventive to excoriate the 3rd Republic, the PCF and others on the left were happy to critique the right-wing's activities (such as the attempted coup), and the post-war government had the incentive to buttress its legitimacy by pointing out the problems of the 3rd Republic and how it was better.
Other democracies have overcome rot through reform. In the British case, the reform of the "rotten boroughs" comes to mind. While the 3rd Republic had multiple problems that it needed to resolve, electoral reform and some changes to the way the parliament functioned could have gone a long way. For example, forcing an election when a government fell would have stabilized governments and ministries by removing the incentive for constant intriguing and changing alliances.
