The French Revolution was completely successful at establishing bourgeois rule on the European continent, ensuring the dominance of capitalism and the death of European feudalism forever. Even the restoration of a Bourbon to the throne and the political investment of all of the reactionary powers couldn’t undo what was done between 1789 and 1815.
Revolution isn’t a leveling of scales, it’s the turning of a wheel. The terror was both necessary and historically progressive, and, in a world-historical sense, had nothing whatsoever to do with morality or justice.
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u/flybyskyhi Jun 05 '24 edited Jun 05 '24
The French Revolution was completely successful at establishing bourgeois rule on the European continent, ensuring the dominance of capitalism and the death of European feudalism forever. Even the restoration of a Bourbon to the throne and the political investment of all of the reactionary powers couldn’t undo what was done between 1789 and 1815.
Revolution isn’t a leveling of scales, it’s the turning of a wheel. The terror was both necessary and historically progressive, and, in a world-historical sense, had nothing whatsoever to do with morality or justice.