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> Anyway, the long-term social effect was (from where I'm sitting) positive The positive social effects of...the Reign of Terror? You might as well throw in th
by magicalist 13y ago
> Anyway, the long-term social effect was (from where I'm sitting) positive
The positive social effects of...the Reign of Terror? You might as well throw in the Holodomor, the Khmer Rouge's Killing Fields, The Great Leap Forward, etc etc etc as everything's much better now than it was then. Post hoc ergo propter hoc, amirite?
- busterarm 13y agoThe entire modern era of our civilization lies in the shadow of the French Revolution. It accelerated the rise of republics and democracies and the spread of every modern political ideology of today. 'Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen' is not only a fundamental document of the Revolution but also the first (Western?) document to define all rights of men to be universal; valid at all times and in every place and pertaining to human nature itself. I think that's pretty damned positive.
- magicalist 13y ago> Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen' is not only a fundamental document of the Revolution but also the first (Western?) document to define all rights of men to be universal And it was published four years before the executions started in ernest. Even if it hadn't been: all revolutions cause birthing pains, but it is fallacious to argue the converse.