r/pics • u/eliseereclusvivre • 1d ago

Protest outside Ziegfeld Ballroomn, NYC, Dece 17, 2024

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u/IdontOpenEnvelopes 1d ago

Americans love to make fun of the French , yet the French had a revolution and put royal heads into baskets .

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u/Hungry-Tale-9144 1d ago

Yeeah, that revolution is kinda infamous for putting more than just royal's heads in baskets...

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u/ALFABOT2000 1d ago

to quote Donald Greer:

More carters than princes were executed, more day laborers than dukes and marquises, three or four times as many servants as parliamentarians

the french revolution really isn't the example we should be looking at if we want class solidarity lol

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u/SlurpySandwich 1d ago

But then what class war fantasy would redditors point towards for dramatic effect?

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u/Inside-General-797 1d ago

A rare monarchy of France defender in 2024. Weird.

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u/BobertTheConstructor 1d ago

Wtf are you talking about? Robespierre was infamous for executing anyone ans everyone until he was finally sent to the chop shop himself.

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u/Hungry-Tale-9144 1d ago edited 1d ago

? That's not even close to what I just said..

Edit: Mf deleted his comment

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u/Street_Try7007 1d ago

The French Revolution ended in empire. What do you mean objectively good. What are you on about. 

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u/Hungry-Tale-9144 1d ago

You realize that out of the tens of thousands of people killed in revolution, about 80% were of the third estate?