r/sadposting • u/Orichalchem • 6h ago

This breaks my heart 💔

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u/WatcherOfTheWay 5h ago

Yea remember how the french used to riot? It wasn't like this, it's almost like something's changed.

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u/Trips-Over-Tail 5h ago

They used to drag the rich and powerful into the street and chop their heads off.

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u/Planet-Funeralopolis 3h ago

80 - 85 % of the people executed were commoners.

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u/Evil_Sharkey 2h ago

Too many people forget what followed the executions of royalty and nobles. The Reign of Terror wasn’t an improvement

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u/Successful_Bus_8772 2h ago

It's because it's not about the billionaire, or the millionaire. It's about anyone who they deem to be any enemy.

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u/Training-Chain-5572 25m ago

Almost like violent revolution usually begets similarly violent despots and rulers.

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u/abracadammmbra 1h ago

Ironically, a lot of the origional revolutionaries were beheaded as well. "The Revolution devours her children"

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u/Caerllen 1h ago

Thats because Revolutionaries are, not surprisingly, detrimental to the stability of any government. Especially the ones they just overthrown because guess what, they have first hand experience of doing so.

Its not surprising when Hitler did it to his SA buddies, Stalin to his comrades, and even Mao to his CCP buddies.

I would say its surprising if they didnt do it.