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This piece seems to suggest Napoleon was a bad thing for France, when he gave them the civil code and the grand architecture. In contrast to "democratic" Britai
by Simon_O_Rourke 1y ago
This piece seems to suggest Napoleon was a bad thing for France, when he gave them the civil code and the grand architecture. In contrast to "democratic" Britain, where Wellington's legacy was the poor law and the workhouse.
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- tim333 1y agoWikipedia lists some downsides to Napoleon: >He abolished the free press, ended directly elected representative government, exiled and jailed critics of his regime, reinstated slavery in France's colonies [...], banned the entry of blacks [...] reintroduced a hereditary monarchy and nobility, and violently repressed popular uprisings against his rule.
- Simon_O_Rourke 1y agoThose are downsides?