Pessimism is realism.

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Origin: extracted from Mitterrand warned that if France ever lost her de facto African colonies, then France would be permanently poor. Later Chirac repeated this warning. Well now it's happening. Africa is kicking the disgusting French imperialists out for good. Macron warns against pessimism, but pessimism is realism · 2026-10-10 16:31