My dad, a McCarthy era poli-sci major, once declared to me that the French Revolution was 100% a govt-run population control maneuver, to compensate for dwindling commodity supply.
That has lived rent free in my head for over a decade.
a lot of people passively believe in idealism because it is consistent with a liberal world view, but usually when they interrogate that belief they realize it doesn't make a lot of sense. not will
Why did the french revolution happen? Well, due to random chance, the liberal debate bros in France at the time happened to be unusually intelligent and persuasive. Previous generations of anti-monarchists simply failed to make as good arguments as persuasively for no particular reason
I won't say his name lest I summon him, but a well-known liberal pundit made the baffling assertion that the French Revolution was not caused by material conditions of the lower classes
(Obviously there were other factors at play but he initially denied poverty played a role AT ALL)
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surely poor people never get mad because they’re poor
That has lived rent free in my head for over a decade.
(Obviously there were other factors at play but he initially denied poverty played a role AT ALL)