Brivael Le Pogam, co-founder and self-proclaimed "techno-emperor" of the French AI company Argil, went viral on Tuesday for his X post urging his American followers to not vote for Democrats if they want to avoid his country's fate.
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they → proclaim → fate
"I’m French.
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I → ’m → ?
I want to talk to Americans who are about to vote Democrat.
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who → want → Democrat
I come from your future," Le Pogam began his post.
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Pogam → come → post
He explained that under progressive politicians, France increased public spending to nearly 57% of the country's total GDP in an effort to push free healthcare, free college and a strong welfare system.
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France → explain → healthcare
Here’s what it looks like from the inside.
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it → ’ → inside
France hasn’t passed a balanced budget since 1974.
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France → pass → 1974
Interest on that debt is becoming one of the biggest items in the national budget.
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Interest → become → budget
Our hospitals are collapsing despite record funding.
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hospitals → collapse → funding
Our schools rank lower every year.
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schools → rank → ?
Young people with degrees can’t afford an apartment in the city they were born in.
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they → afford → city
Our best engineers leave for London, Zurich and San Francisco.
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engineers → leave → London
And the rich you wanted to tax?
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you → want → rich
They left too, and took the jobs with them," Le Pogam wrote.
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Pogam → leave → them
He warned his followers that France did not vote for decline but faced the repercussions of 50 years' worth of taxes and regulations, encouraging Americans not to go down the same path.
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France → warn → path
"I love America because it’s the one place on earth where people still believe they can build something from nothing.
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they → love → nothing
I came to Silicon Valley as a self-taught kid and it changed my life.
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it → come → life
That spirit is the most precious thing your country has.
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country → have → ?
Before you vote, ask yourself one question: is the program you’re voting for making America more like America, or more like France?
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America → vote → France
You don’t want to be France," Le Pogam ended.
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Pogam → want → ?
Le Pogam's post quickly went viral, being shared by several conservative commentators along with billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.
"An important read on how we keep America from becoming France, from a Frenchman," Ackman wrote.
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Ackman → go → Frenchman
Le Pogam made multiple follow-up posts to his original comments and responded to the accusations that "Democrats aren't socialists" and "America will never be France."
He remarked that over the last 25 years, products subsidized by the government, such as healthcare, education and housing, have exploded in cost while goods not funded with government tax dollars, such as phones or software, have only gotten more affordable.
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goods → make → phones
It always works the same way.
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It → work → ?
A program that makes things worse.
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things → make → ?
Then the failure of that program becomes the argument for the next one.
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failure → become → one
People who lived under communism in Poland learned to recognize the lie and the mask the lie wears.
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lie → live → lie
The lie never presents itself as a lie.
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lie → present → lie
It presents itself as compassion," Le Pogam wrote.
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Pogam → present → compassion
He added, "In France we are at the end of that road.
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we → add → road
Debt we can never repay.
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we → repay → ?
Young people who can't afford a home.
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who → afford → home
Our best people leaving.
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people → leave → ?
And every few years our cities burn.
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cities → burn → ?
Nobody voted for this.
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Nobody → vote → this
They voted for one more generous promise, fifty years in a row.
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They → vote → row
If you're a Republican, share this with the Democrat in your life.
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you → share → life
If you're a Democrat, I'm not asking you to switch teams.
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I → ask → teams
I'm asking you to look at the pattern.
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I → ask → pattern
Wherever the state took over, life became unaffordable.
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life → take → ?
In a comment to Fox News Digital, Le Pogam stood by his comments, saying the reception "has been very positive overall."
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reception → stand → comments
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