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Side note- French Revolution? What, seriously? They cleared out some monarchy, got saddled with bureaucrats and petty nobles who quickly solidified their power base, did a bad job of running the place, and let Napoleon take over. How was that a success? I can't help but notice that the poor in France aren't exactly running the show these days, and haven't been for quite some time. [/B]
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Off topic: There is an interesting book, Poisons of the Past, in which the author theorizes that the French Revolution was largely the result of ergot poisoning. The French peasants ate a mainly rye based diet; ergot is a mould which is much like LSD and grows on rye.