"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority, still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it." ~ John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, April, 1887
Answer: Yes. It was the abolishment of the aristocratic class to guarantee it would never return. Same with the murder of the Romanov family during the Russian revolution.
True answer: partially. It's true that the fact that the nation is now on the hands of people (theoretically) was an advance towards modern nation states, but before you knew at least who was responsible for the things going on in your country. Nowadays the responsibility is diluted and the oligarchs and politicians cannot be blamed because liberalism tricks you into thinking that it's only your fault if your situation is miserable.
@@fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu You're right. The "Terror" only created another ruling class in France, Russia and anywhere else there is a revolution. The people rarely have any say in the direction of the up-and-coming powerful people. So, why revolutions if nothing changes but the faces of the rulers? Think of it this way, it's about power and who gets to steal the wealth of the country. "Power" gives the successful revolutionaries, the powerful, the means to steal. Stealing (call it "organized theft") is the end game. A revolution simply gives us a new group of thieves.
Power in the hands of the people? That is a complete lie from the corrupt powers who govern us since the damned French Revolution. The people have no power and no say in anything, all we do is obey everything from extremely corrupt politicians who do nothing but increase public debt, raise and create new types of taxes, promote sexual aberrations. When was the last time one of these liberal buffons paid off the debt of a western country as did many kings before the damned french revolution? We would be much better governed by the catholic monarchy.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority, still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it." ~ John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, April, 1887
amazing analysis helped me understand the terrors occurrence so well!!!
Superb analysis 👏 👌
What role Babeuf's played in the terror imposed by French revolutionaries?
Thanks and cheers from Portugal.
None. The jacobins put him in jail
Then he wrote a book accusing Robespierre of genocide in Vendee (populicide)
@@pierren___Yeah! L'Histoire de La Revolution Française c'est une histoire de trahisons!
@@teresabaptista7016 et de mensonge ;)
@@pierren___ Et de mensonges!
C'est vrais! :))))))))
Salut du Portugal.
History repeats itself.
Ah bah voilà, je m'interrogeais depuis un moment à ce sujet : merci ! Maintenant que j'ai aucune réponse claire je peux passer à autre chose.
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Those blaming the crises for the brutality are apologists with Jacobin terror tendencies themselves.
Answer: Yes. It was the abolishment of the aristocratic class to guarantee it would never return. Same with the murder of the Romanov family during the Russian revolution.
The terror killed mostly lower classes, and ended up killing the revolutionaries who set it up (in russia too)
True answer: partially. It's true that the fact that the nation is now on the hands of people (theoretically) was an advance towards modern nation states, but before you knew at least who was responsible for the things going on in your country. Nowadays the responsibility is diluted and the oligarchs and politicians cannot be blamed because liberalism tricks you into thinking that it's only your fault if your situation is miserable.
@@fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu You're right. The "Terror" only created another ruling class in France, Russia and anywhere else there is a revolution. The people rarely have any say in the direction of the up-and-coming powerful people. So, why revolutions if nothing changes but the faces of the rulers? Think of it this way, it's about power and who gets to steal the wealth of the country. "Power" gives the successful revolutionaries, the powerful, the means to steal. Stealing (call it "organized theft") is the end game. A revolution simply gives us a new group of thieves.
Power in the hands of the people? That is a complete lie from the corrupt powers who govern us since the damned French Revolution. The people have no power and no say in anything, all we do is obey everything from extremely corrupt politicians who do nothing but increase public debt, raise and create new types of taxes, promote sexual aberrations. When was the last time one of these liberal buffons paid off the debt of a western country as did many kings before the damned french revolution? We would be much better governed by the catholic monarchy.
Whats changed? Who needs a history lesson when the current world has 100 wars going on.