And I bet none of us would scoff at them if they were offered to us.
To your point though, I agree that some are very much ridiculous. It can lead to a culture of entitlement and laziness. Having said that, I have spent a lot of time in both urban and rural France, and I can say for certain that the work ethic of the French is not unlike that of Americans. They just have better benefits.
It's all a question of national priorities. For the French, they have made it a point to emphasize more leisure time and a larger safety net at the expense of overall productivity and business opportunity. Americans have increasingly voiced their desire to edge closer to that emphasis, but we have a much smaller voice compared to corporations, and so we as a nation sacrifice leisure time and a national safety net to gain overall productivity as a more business friendly nation. More money in general, but less time to enjoy it.
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