#it's not really conceived that way anymore thanks to the french invasion of mexico so i don't think it's a big deal

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

just wanted to remind everyone that french canadians are technically latin americans.

#the french literally invented the concept #but i think the most important part of this is that it was explicitly invented #to strengthen ties with europe #which is bad #it was trying to undermine the new world identity #and specifically meant to use it to antagonize america and other anglo territories in the americas #and encourage hostility between latin america and anglo america #it's not really conceived that way anymore thanks to the french invasion of mexico so i don't think it's a big deal #but it's something to be conscious of #we need to maintain a strong pan-american/new world identity #but yeah i'm mostly memeing with this post #just using it as an opportunity to muse about stuff in the tags