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> France was one of the few modern examples of a successful refactor of the culture of an entire society - wholesale out with the old, in with the new - a true
by biorach 4y ago
> France was one of the few modern examples of a successful refactor of the culture of an entire society - wholesale out with the old, in with the new - a true 'Year Zero' style revolution, not some sort of disguised compromise with the ancien regime.
That's highly inaccurate. Yes the Revolution started out with those aims but descended into bloody factionalism, then came Napoleon, war and defeat and the Bourbon Restoration.
The secularism of modern France has more immediate roots in the complex politics of the late 19th century.
- hunglee2 4y agoyes you're right, my comment was a gross over simplification. The revolution triggered multi-decadal chaos, maybe not resolved until after WW2, perhaps not even until after De Gaulle. However, all revolutions tend to be this way - it is through the oscillating tension that the old order is eventually destroyed or transformed