Look at Robespierre and his cronies. After they murdered thousands of people and overthrew the Bourbons, they made themselves gods and saints.
They don't they teach kids about the French Revolution anymore, it would be eye-opening for them to understand the depravity that can occur in the name of 'the greater good'.
Great point. The French Revolution was leftist and run by the same type of omniscient leaders that plague us today. The Terror was ghastly reminder why every revolution must be continually questioned. Every educated person knows the French Revolution because it is the pattern that is repeated every few decades around the world.
Look at Robespierre and his cronies. After they murdered thousands of people and overthrew the Bourbons, they made themselves gods and saints.
They don't they teach kids about the French Revolution anymore, it would be eye-opening for them to understand the depravity that can occur in the name of 'the greater good'.
Great point. The French Revolution was leftist and run by the same type of omniscient leaders that plague us today. The Terror was ghastly reminder why every revolution must be continually questioned. Every educated person knows the French Revolution because it is the pattern that is repeated every few decades around the world.