That's my best attempt at reconstructing the argument from simplicity.

这是我能做的最好的尝试,再现源于简单的论证。

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Part of this reconstructing of national identity often has as much to do with who you're not, not absolute, not Catholic, not French as it does with you who imagine yourself to be.

对国家认同感的重建,一定程度上基于你不是什么,即不是独裁者,不是天主教,不是法国人,这点和自身定位同样至关重要

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