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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm really starting to truly understand both the French and the Russians prior to their revolutions.
just sayin...
Irish_Dem
(77,800 posts)Johonny
(25,053 posts)Coming out of the Roaring 20s.
TheProle
(3,840 posts)just sayin...
Javaman
(64,881 posts)just sayin...
TheProle
(3,840 posts)just sayin...
WarGamer
(18,098 posts)Javaman
(64,881 posts)canetoad
(19,821 posts)Never been what you call 'well off' but have never gone hungry for more than a couple of hours when a meal has been late. I cannot bear to imagine the gnawing, hopeless, unabated misery of real hunger.
I'm well aware that many atrocities were committed both during and after the French revolution. Thugs can go hungry too and there would have been a fair share of thugs among the decent French people fighting an existential battle. That, unfortunately is the price that had to be paid. There was no escaping it.
bucolic_frolic
(53,228 posts)1938, and a heavy read, but still a classic starting point for the topic.
Xolodno
(7,241 posts)...it's never one major event, its a straw that breaks the camel's back and all hell breaks loose. Problem is, what comes afterwards isn't very preferential either. Libya, Syria, Yemen, etc. are learning that now.
Laffy Kat
(16,815 posts)In order to get their point across.
TheProle
(3,840 posts)Javaman
(64,881 posts)it's never ever straight forth. it's a mess. lots of revenge killings.
even our revolution, had it's few exact a pound of flesh or two.
WarGamer
(18,098 posts)Nothing to admire.
Javaman
(64,881 posts)I know full well what happened and the truly horrible shit that happened.