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Wasn't that the one that introduced Robespierre and the Reign of Terror, and then later another despot?

When the new Robespierre comes he will have to do a lot of work.

The whole of Europe basically declared war on France when Robespierre was in charge.

You do know that your buddy robespierre is far closer to fanatics like the chinese and radical islamists than is it to liberalism?

And Robespierre did know that he will die in the process.

So maybe having Robespierre was worth it.

I would say Lenin was more comparable to Robespierre than Hitler.

And do not stop there, since even Robespierre was beheaded, shortly after having himself agreed to the arrest and execution of Danton and Desmoulins (which were close friends of him).

It is hard to get people to support "let's save the OLD system" once everything starts going all Robespierre.

Consider Danton and Robespierre, a couple of the original "activists seeking equality" (or, rather, égalité ).

Danton once thought as you do; on his way to the guillotine he shouted at his former ally, "Robespierre, you will follow me!

Salt will be sown there!" [1] Robespierre once thought as you do; he met the same fate as Danton less than four months later.

It's unfortunate people associate the Jacobins and the Revolution with Robespierre, when it was much more Thomas Paine-esque.

Robespierre on the other hand was governing France that was on a verge of a civil war: monarchists vs.

Robespierre also defended the Reign of Terror as being required to defeat the enemies of the Revolution.