2026-02-21 14:17 UTC
@gsymon@mstdn.social @cmconseils@mastodon.social now there’s a rabbithole…
The Terror wasn’t that far down the road (lined with–), nor was the counterrevolution, the Napoleon power grab (lined with–), the postnapoleonic restoration (lined with–), the ensuing French-Prussian wars, Great War, WW2 (all lined with–).
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@petealexharris@mastodon.scot 2026-02-21 17:10
@js@mastodon.nl @gsymon@mstdn.social @cmconseils@mastodon.social It's hard to evaluate the final consequences of anything that happens in history, because history doesn't end, it just keeps going. However, France is considerably better placed, in terms of political sentiment, to fight tyranny now than a lot of countries who never cut off their own king's head.