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That's not what happened, but that's what the Republican news media at the time pretended had happen.
by Bayart 5y ago
That's not what happened, but that's what the Republican news media at the time pretended had happen.
- gerikson 5y agoWell, that's kind of the point, isn't it? Louis Philippe realized that the way forward for the monarchy was to restyle himself as King of the French (implicitly including the nation itself into the monarchy). Napoleon III was a monarch who appealed to the populace for his support. To try to turn back time to a absolute monarchy as of 1815, even in as small a matter as the flag, was indicative of being utterly out of touch.