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geez, dunedan, spoken like a real old-line reactionary there. kinda impressive.
la vendée.....they were just a bunch of peace-loving defenders of the true faith, yes?
one of the great myths of reactionaries around the world, the "massacre" of the vendéens.
and you even repeat a bunch of reactionary slurs about robespierre.
great stuff.
are you reading de maistre or some such?
the terror lasted about 8 months. from the time robespierre got to be ascendant until he was executed by the convention, about a year.
the person who did more to create the modern state than anyone was napoleon.
not sure whether it is a good idea to turn this into a french revolution discussion or not. but it'd be kinda fun to do it. in a dorky way of course. thinking....
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