A pretty well done documentary on the French Revolution and the horrors it left in its wake...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knx9gc5dgMo&t=2970s
Whenever anyone talks about revolution or a dissolution of America I often think about the French Revolution and its 'Great terror'. America got lucky in that our Revolution was [mostly] directed at the British Army and that after we'd won the Founding Fathers did all they could to contain and prevent violent vindictiveness directed at loyalists who remained in the United States. It really was, after the war, a mostly bloodless transition. But what frightens me most about any idea of a new revolution is that the results are far more likely to look like the French Revolution than the American Revolution...
Doubt we'll see this in my lifetime but with s shrinking middle class and money shifting to fewer people, I could see large scale riots and violence in the form of the occupy type movements. 
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When the masses revolt the elites better get the fuck out of dodge.
Dodge135 -When the masses revolt they'll start eating each other when they run out of elites.When the masses revolt the elites better get the fuck out of dodge.
Bump for the morning crowd.
I'm in a chateau in France right now... I don't blame the masses for wanting this.
Pretty posh
Dodge135 -When the masses revolt the elites better get the fuck out of dodge.
Theyll put the boot down hard.
Armed bureaucrats now outnumber the marines.
"Who cares about your lonely soul, we strive towards a larger goal. Our little lives, don't count, at all"
And just imagine of those people could see France now.
The FR is a very complicated period in history, so much was happening on so many levels, where does one begin?
It is my favorite subject of study, has been for some time now, and one could literally pick any angle and find so much material to read.
Thanks for the link to the doc, I'll have a look at it.
Will watch later.
Been spending a lot of time reading about the revolutionary war (American Revolution) and the "Intolerable Acts" and Gage and all the players in the Massachusetts area before, during and after the Boston Tea Party. I want to really know how the founding fathers were feeling when they drafted the constitution and then the amendments that followed.
For those interested in the French Revolution, Mike Duncan devoted about 40 episodes of his Revolutions Podcast to this topic.
Its free on iTunes and Podcast Republic.
Later. Love the FR.
effinggoof thanks for that, Im gonna DL those podcasts
Pratty, go F yourself for being in a chateau in france right now. Jealous...
On the fiction side, anyone interested in this topic, read Les Miserables by VIctor Hugo. Its an amazingly written tale. Hugo also wrote 93, a story of the aftermath of the revolution. Im 1/4 a way through it and its great so far
Drizzt DoUrden -Les Miserables is about the Paris Rebellion of 1832 not the Revolution of the 1790s.amadeus - A pretty well done documentary on the French Revolution and the horrors it left in its wake...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knx9gc5dgMo&t=2970s
Whenever anyone talks about revolution or a dissolution of America I often think about the French Revolution and its 'Great terror'. America got lucky in that our Revolution was [mostly] directed at the British Army and that after we'd won the Founding Fathers did all they could to contain and prevent violent vindictiveness directed at loyalists who remained in the United States. It really was, after the war, a mostly bloodless transition. But what frightens me most about any idea of a new revolution is that the results are far more likely to look like the French Revolution than the American Revolution...Thanks, amadeus. Morning bump. Will add to my "watch later" list
For anyone that didn't know, the famous Andrew Lloyd webber musical les mis is a based off a fictional story by Victor Hugo that takes place during the French Revolution
The students in the story are fighting in this revolution. And unfortunately, it doeant go so well for them.
Powerful line from enjolras to marius: "Who cares about your lonely soul, we strive towards a larger goal. Our little lives, don't count, at all"
Sorry it's called the June Rebellion of 1832 or the Paris Uprising of 1832... Good book, the musicals better...
Check out the Revolutions podcast.
He did an excellent job on The French Revolution. Doesn't go very much into Napoleon though.
of course, if it wasn't for the French keeping the British occupied, the US Revolution would have been a disaster.
Drizzt DoUrden - Whoops. Thanks jjNo prob, always thought it was the FR too until a couple years ago. If you're really into the FR and have a Roku? There's an app called the Great Courses that gives you a free trial month and has one on the FR. They're 30 minute lectures by a college prof with some graphics. Kinda boring but kinda rad if you're a history dork, has some other good history stuff on there as well.