• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    13 days ago

    There’s always unknown consequences.

    I keep having to go back to the French Revolution- eventually they were executing hundreds of people per day. I’m sure all of them were guilty and deserved Capital Punishment.

    Even Robespierre was executed, and the whole thing blamed on him, though he was adamantly against these executions.

    We’ll never know what would’ve become of France if a different approach had been taken rather than just start lopping off heads.

    • NewNewAccount@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      France seems pretty chill today, actually. Relaxed people that aren’t afraid to unify and protest when they feel the government isn’t on their side.

      The appeal of Le Pen to them is worrisome but humanity as a whole seems susceptible to right-wing populism, unfortunately.