Every country has a collective DNA.It shapes how people think, act, fail, and succeed.Some nations build cultures that reward effort, responsibility, and results.Others build systems that soften reality and protect mediocrity.France’s collective DNA is mediocre, not by accident, but by design.America operates on a very different DNA, and a far superior one.>To make these differences clear, I’ve laid them out in the following Excel table,comparing the two countries across key themes.France softens reality to protect people.America exposes reality to produce results.