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The Enrage would be super enraged if they learned about this (fedia.io)
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Explanation: "We should bring back the guillotine" or similar is a common internet quip in response to billionaires doing billionaire things, when in reality the guillotine was invented to provide equal and humane deaths to people of all classes, and from there it was always a tool of the state rather than the people. Not the best euphemism for "we should depose the bourgeoisie." In fact plenty of Revolutionary justice folks were themselves offed by the guillotine during the Terror.

Office meme with smiling manager shaking hands with a confused (???) employee. "The internet left using the guillotine as a euphemism for class war and deposing the bourgeoisie" is written on the manager and " The guillotine, having never been involved in class war in its entire existence" is written on the employee
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[–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The other person said the French Revolution was a violent uprising by hungry peasants, so by that description even the initial phase should be a violent uprising. If they wanted to make a more nuanced point they should and could have.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Well that was me. I believe most people would associate the French revolution with "eat cake" and blood flowing on the streets of Paris. So yeah, a violent uprising by hungry peasants.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    So most people associate the French Revolution with events that either never happened ("eat cake" is ahistorical) or weren't nearly as prominent as portrayed, and? We're talking about the real French Revolution here, which was absolutely not like that. If you disagree, you'll need some sources.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do you want me to provide sources telling you that people starved, that the peasants rose up and executed their king in addition to a lot of other people during the french revolution?

    What the hell is this? History revisionism regarding the french revolution, what is your goal here? Are you Louis XVI ghost?

    The French revolution was absolutely a class war with the under class literally overthrowing the ruling class and executing them with a guillotine, which makes your meme wrong. No matter how you try to spin the French revolution this stands.

    Jesus fuck man.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Do you want me to provide sources telling you that people starved, that the peasants rose up and executed their king in addition to a lot of other people during the french revolution?

    God, wow. You do realize the king was condemned to execution by a vote at the National Convention after a long trial right? The peasants didn't execute their king; the sitting government did.

    The French revolution was absolutely a class war with the under class literally overthrowing the ruling class and executing them with a guillotine,

    Source? With sections and quotes, please. At the very least name one time period of the Revolution, because the Thermidorians definitely weren't executing the ruling class.

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