# Jean Luc Picard--how is he viewed in France? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** star-trek-paramount\ **Created:** [September 29, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-picard-how-is-he-viewed-in-france/1023479 "2025-09-29T13:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-picard-how-is-he-viewed-in-france/1023479/29 "2025-09-29T21:46:58Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > They had the Eugenics War and WWIII in their timeline; France being in densely populated Europe was probably hit hard. And given that French is a minority language on one planet in a large multiworld polity, it makes sense it’d be “obscure” even without that. Agreed, I even posted about that in the older thread I’d linked to. > [@Did this conversation ever happen in the Star Trek universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-conversation-ever-happen-in-the-star-trek-universe/998094/55): > > Earth had gone through some crazy stuff over the centuries of history between modern day and the time of the original Star Trek series. There were the Eugenics Wars (Khan was heavily involved with those) followed by a global civil war of sorts and then finally culminating in World War III, which resulted in genocide and nuclear holocaust. Something like 30% of the entire planet’s population was killed off. A decade after the war ended, Cochran developed the first prototype warp drive and Vulcans made contact with Earth, and began to share their technology and other teachings. In the aftermath of all of that stuff, it would be no surprise if there was some sort of homogenization of Earth culture. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-picard-how-is-he-viewed-in-france/1023479)._