Wherever French culture goes, there it stays, permanently. Canada, Africa, Haiti, Louisiana, it will still be there centuries from now. This seems to be an under appreciated, under studied phenomenon. My theory is that French culture is a crowning achievement of social evolution, far superior to almost every other cultural development. When a culture can thrive and embed in such disparate locations, going so far as to convert the natives away from their own culture, or at least charm them enough to adopt and combine their ways with the new way, there is something very special about it that deserves acknowledgment.

At the end you hear him say “ça c’est bon” in a very Montreal sounding way. Nowadays it would probably actually be “ça c’est du goodstuff” or something like that

— William Wheelwright (@ploughmansfolly) April 24, 2022