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Give the Revolutions podcast by Mike Duncan a listen. The French revolution was not what it seems... it was elites vs. elites, not peasants vs. monarchy.
by foobarian 6y ago
Give the Revolutions podcast by Mike Duncan a listen. The French revolution was not what it seems... it was elites vs. elites, not peasants vs. monarchy.
- tarboreus 6y agoIt's always elites vs. elites. The problem now is that there's plenty of elites on the outs. Elite overproduction and all that.
- monadic3 6y agoDuncan makes it extremely clear the pressure came from the bread riots which were certainly not elite.
- orwin 6y agoIt's not as simple as that. I don't think any of Jean-Clément Martin books are translated to english, but its really not as simple as that.
- cambalache 6y agoYeah, what a weird take. As if La Bastille was attacked by French aristocracy. This argument only holds if you hold 2 very loose claims. 1) To confuse the leaders with the whole movement. 2) To compare the rag-tag group of young lawyers, acerbic journalists, disgruntled politicians with the whole ancien regime. Mike Duncan is an entertainer, not a professional historian.