> France, in spite of all the beheadings, never really lost its aristocracy. the beheading were about getting rid of the nobility(and the clergy), not the bour

> France, in spite of all the beheadings, never really lost its aristocracy. the beheading were about getting rid of the nobility(and the clergy), not the bourgeoisie. The French revolution wasn't a "grass root movement", "coming from the people", it was just a power grab from a specific clique. I'm not saying it didn't benefit the poor with the abolition of privileges, but it was really about trading an aristocracy for another. In fact, as soon as they were done with the nobles they started to behead one another during something that was called "the terror".