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Re:Plans you're not supposed to talk about by rkk3 on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @09:19PM (#29561257)
> I would say the main historical consequence of the French Revolution has been a lot of other revolutions which had even more tragic consequences (up to and including the ones in the 20th century that led to more than a hundred million deaths)

uh Why? Because of the rights of man and the metric system? Think you need to elaborate.

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Re:Plans you're not supposed to talk about by pdonis on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @12:22AM (#29562408)
The French Revolution inspired the Russian one, which created the Soviet Union; and the Russian revolution inspired the Chinese one, which created Communist China. Those in turn inspired further Communist revolutions in various countries, the most salient being Cambodia with the Khmer Rouge. Those Communist regimes were responsible for more than a hundred million deaths in the 20th century.
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Re:Plans you're not supposed to talk about by rkk3 on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @04:20AM (#29563674)
Uhhh...... No the french revolution did not cause Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot. Just No.
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