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 New Zealand is still in my “to visit” list … hopefully next time I’m on that side of the globe … 
 There’s really nothing on this side of the world except Australia and a few small islands. We’re the same distance to India, China, California, and Chile. Far from everywhere. The most surreal thing is the country closest to New Zealand is France!  
 How is that possible - on NZ being closest to France? 


https://image.nostr.build/433ac7c72c11731b6e51f5e38838882aa8cb4a72ff912099ded2c563b80e75d6.png 
 There’s also a bridge from Brazil to France. It’s true and amazing. 


Think about how both of these things are possible.  
 Colonialism 
 oh you mean French Guinea in South America, lol.  
 😂 
 French Polynesia? 
 France considers Guyane to be an overseas department of France and as such equal with the rest of Metropolitan France, fully part of France and the European Union. So France is the closest country to New Zealand and has a bridge to Brazil. While also being mostly in Europe.  
 so true. wow didn't realise there's so many France territories that were colonised and never returned back 
 Yes, I think we don’t acknowledge enough the tremendous injustice of Colonialism and the way it’s shaped the world today. France in particular never really gave up its empire. There are lots of colonies who were just redefined as ‘part of France’ without an restorative justice for the past. Others like French Africa were given independence as long as the former colonies agreed to use a Central Bank owned and controlled by France. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Central_African_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Bank_of_West_African_States

All this discussion on here amongst folks who care about the corrupt influence of central banks, there’s not enough looking at the way France imposed a central bank on it’s colonies in order to keep control. 

In the case of New Caledonia there’s real tension between the indigenous Kanak people, the European French, and other ethnic groups. The Kanak want independence but aren’t a majority so when it’s come up for a vote, a narrow majority has voted to remain part of France. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_New_Caledonian_independence_referendum

Friends who’ve visited New Caledonia say they felt the tension of this being a segregated colonial society. 

Anyway, it’s part of France. 

Tahiti on the other hand has a much lower percentage of it’s population of European descent and only recently elected a pro-independence political party. 

https://www.politico.eu/article/french-polynesia-oscar-temaru-france-overseas-territory/



 
 Tahiti? 
 You think?
Remember the humans?
🤔

How are you mother of OK to ve caught ‘cheating’?

Any outs there, sport? https://i.nostrimg.com/fb6d8f9c28c769992c4e5c5b034fdc587bc0756070d09a0a80453ab8edd529ef/file.jpeg  
 You good bruh?
😉 
 Not that it matters when gringo scum are kinda sick and corrupt when being here somehow trying to justify their corruption by arguing whether you’re hatey.


Change my mind. https://i.nostrimg.com/d4df051eaf9a3719eb63e1256297b1ef7e05f8c6c3deb96ce5094bf2e921c049/file.png  
 I will END LIES 
 Hi there 
 TIL. Did not realise Tahiti was also part of France 
 I 💙 Gauguin’s work in Tahiti 
 Another island?! 🧐 
 #sunsets & #sunrises 
 We Micronesia 
 POLI and MICRO 
 UNITE 
 What we can learn from FRANCE 🇫🇷? 
 Which of the following is/are the right/rights mentioned in the AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

1.LIFE
2.LIBERTY
3.PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
4.FRATERNITY

Select the correct answer using the code given below. 
 🔑KEY POINTS 
* The U.S. Declaration of Independence, formally 'The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America', is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
*   Enacted during the American Revolution, the Declaration explains why the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule.
*   With the Declaration, these new states took a collective first step in forming the United States of America.
*   The Declaration of Independence states three basic ideas:
*   God made all men equal and gave them the rights of LIFE, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of HAPPINESS.
*   THE MAIN BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT THESE RIGHTS.
*   IF A GOVERNMENT TRIES TO WITHOLD THESE RIGHTS, THE PEOPLE ARE FREE TO REVOLT AND TO SET UP A NEW GOVERNMENT. 
 ⚠️Mistake Points

*   FRATERNITY: This refers to a feeling of brotherhood and a sense of belonging with the country among its people.
*   The idea of FRATERNITY has been taken from the French Revolution. 
 ✅Important Points

FRENCH REVOLUTION:
*   It was a series of events that happened in France during the 16th century.
*   The French society was divided into three estates, i.e., clergy, nobility, and commoners. There were vast differences in wealth distribution and also inequalities exist deeply.
*   The French revolution happened during Louis XVI's regime.

IMPACT OF FRENCH REVOLUTION:
*   End of social division in French society.
*   Declaration of rights of man.
*   Revolutionary ideas like equality, fraternity, freedom, and good governance find a place in France.
*   End of Monarchy. 
 New Caledonia, also French. 
 New Caledonia actually. :-D   
 Thoughts on why you chose NZ over Aus? What did the kiwis do better? 😅 
 Now you got us all looking at maps haha.

Cool tidbits! The FG & Brazil connection & could glean … but had no clue about the France one 
 The new nuclear weapon last decade(s) 
was not kill people
was destroy reputation
was destroy honor
drag great leaders in the mud

DEFAMATION
SPREAD LIES
FALSE ACCUSATIONS
USE COURT as a WEAPON

NO MORE.
I will END THIS. 
 I have the solution
AI for TRUTH
INT’L INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
 WE END LIES 
 We LAND in greater DEMOCRACY, JUSTICE and LOVE.

(if not, we will fall into chaos, authoritarianism and violence) 
 this is not a moment to wait and see
is a moment to grab hold of history

we must meet BIG LIES with BIG TRUTH
we must SPEAK the TRUTH
the whole TRUTH
nothing but the TRUTH 
 STOP DEFAMATION

STOP TO SPREAD LIES

STOP FALSE ACCUSATIONS

STOP USE JUSTICE as a WEAPON 
 No more people lying to justice and nothing happens to them. 
 Thieving while arguing ‘more’?

I don’t understand how that works. 
 And to be sure, relevant to #mainvolume how?

Besides the fact that as #mainvolume or unlicensed intelligence yields kinda deviant. 
 Better to end the random killing sprees, overreaching and deviant social engineering.

Everybody lies. https://i.nostrimg.com/1f399785612348fcd15ff42be9fce98c0b525bd661442d363c9e8bd39ae77d34/file.jpeg  
 🤔

Noble intentions but the road to hells pavement is not really good. 
 No more people lying to justice and nothing happens to them. 
 Thieving while arguing ‘more’?

I don’t understand how that works. 
 And to be sure, relevant to #mainvolume how?

Besides the fact that as #mainvolume or unlicensed intelligence yields kinda deviant. 
 🤔

Noble intentions but the road to hells pavement is not really good. 
 Thieving while arguing ‘more’?

I don’t understand how that works. 
 And to be sure, relevant to #mainvolume how?

Besides the fact that as #mainvolume or unlicensed intelligence yields kinda deviant.