Yeah the Kingdom of France didn't have mass suffering or murderous excesses ... That wasn't shocking to the elite at the time, but people taking power were. In

Yeah the Kingdom of France didn't have mass suffering or murderous excesses ... That wasn't shocking to the elite at the time, but people taking power were. In principle, a democracy with mistakes is better than an enlightened monarchy. Look at how the US has done business with tyrants, their foreign policy has a terrible record.