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I don't think beheading anyone, even a noble who benefited from serfdom, is an outcome we should all praise. Such beliefs will only lead to another horrible per

I don't think beheading anyone, even a noble who benefited from serfdom, is an outcome we should all praise. Such beliefs will only lead to another horrible period of murder and senseless violence.

coliveira 6y ago
I don't praise the means, but the outcome should be celebrated nonetheless. I imagine this was the only way they found to make the revolution stick.
- seibelj 6y ago
  I’m not sure how much you have read up on the French Revolution but the murder and decapitation of Marie Antoinette along with thousands of other people did not solve any problems. This is why all modern democracies do not rely on violence to solve political differences. The Directory is about the worst possible outcome for a revolution you can imagine.
  - coliveira 6y ago
    They didn't solve all problems, but they removed a large part of the ruling class of the time. And the French Revolution was the most important popular revolution of the western world, no question about it. Trying to minimize it because of the civil-war that resulted is nonsense.
    - seibelj 6y ago
      I simply cannot rationalize nor approve of senseless and indiscriminate murder. Such rationalization is what leads to the holocaust. All human life is sacred. I hope you learn to separate politics from violence.
    - koheripbal 6y ago
      I wonder how many "ruling class" people you'd be willing to murder to get your way today...
- pjc50 6y ago
  As with the Romanovs, the fear was that so long as the legitimate bloodline existed so did the motivation for putting it back on the throne. It is difficult to see these things through modern eyes, especially in the human rights era. But we have to remember that hereditary monarchs tended to do this to each other a lot. Of necessity - most of the European rulers were blood relatives; power struggles inevitably meant disputing an inheritance. Antoinette's brother was the Holy Roman Emperor. When he died her nephew lead the invasion of France by Austria. And the punishment for disloyalty was death. If somehow the Bourbons had restored their position, they would have had all the revolutionary leaders executed. As with the Romanovs. Or Elizabeth I'd execution of her cousin Mary.
bergstromm466 6y ago
This seems like a bad take. Just because it’s slow-violence doesn’t meant it’s not violence or murder to be an exploited starving peasant.

I don't think beheading anyone, even a noble who benefited from serfdom, is an outcome we should all praise. Such beliefs will only lead to another horrible period of murder and senseless violence.

coliveira 6y ago

I don't praise the means, but the outcome should be celebrated nonetheless. I imagine this was the only way they found to make the revolution stick.

seibelj 6y ago
I’m not sure how much you have read up on the French Revolution but the murder and decapitation of Marie Antoinette along with thousands of other people did not solve any problems. This is why all modern democracies do not rely on violence to solve political differences. The Directory is about the worst possible outcome for a revolution you can imagine.
- coliveira 6y ago
  They didn't solve all problems, but they removed a large part of the ruling class of the time. And the French Revolution was the most important popular revolution of the western world, no question about it. Trying to minimize it because of the civil-war that resulted is nonsense.
  - seibelj 6y ago
    I simply cannot rationalize nor approve of senseless and indiscriminate murder. Such rationalization is what leads to the holocaust. All human life is sacred. I hope you learn to separate politics from violence.
  - koheripbal 6y ago
    I wonder how many "ruling class" people you'd be willing to murder to get your way today...
pjc50 6y ago
As with the Romanovs, the fear was that so long as the legitimate bloodline existed so did the motivation for putting it back on the throne. It is difficult to see these things through modern eyes, especially in the human rights era. But we have to remember that hereditary monarchs tended to do this to each other a lot. Of necessity - most of the European rulers were blood relatives; power struggles inevitably meant disputing an inheritance. Antoinette's brother was the Holy Roman Emperor. When he died her nephew lead the invasion of France by Austria. And the punishment for disloyalty was death. If somehow the Bourbons had restored their position, they would have had all the revolutionary leaders executed. As with the Romanovs. Or Elizabeth I'd execution of her cousin Mary.

bergstromm466 6y ago

This seems like a bad take. Just because it’s slow-violence doesn’t meant it’s not violence or murder to be an exploited starving peasant.