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Re: by Gravityloss on Monday October 13, 2014 @02:20PM (#8449849)
It goes way beyond technology and science. Universal human rights, principles of a functioning state and legal system: equality before law, some basic laws, principles of democracy (secret voting, party systems etc), Montesquieu's separation of powers...
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Re: by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @11:58AM (#8454004)
I may be biased, but it seems to me that the American Revolution did a much better idea of pushing those ideas than the French Revolution...
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Re: by solipsism on Tuesday October 14, 2014 @02:13PM (#8454816)
Of course you're right. I forgot the "..." at the end.
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