French Revolution Analogies

The cluster consists of comments invoking the French Revolution, Napoleon, and related events as cautionary tales or sarcastic references to warn against revolution, inequality, or elite complacency, often highlighting its descent into terror, dictatorship, and war.

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w.r XVI youtube.com IIRC wikipedia.org XIV revolution french france monarchy king revolutions reign louis terror sans

Sample Comments

Foobar8568 May 10, 2021 View on HN

Read a bit about the French revolution, related wars or what Napoleon has done for France before spouting such non-sense.

coldtea Jun 11, 2019 View on HN

It worked in the French revolution!

dilap Mar 26, 2023 View on HN

I was thinking more Napolean than French Revolution.

harperlee Feb 23, 2018 View on HN

Wouldn't that be France, between the French Revolution and Napoleon's regime?

It worked in the french revolution.

lliamander Aug 15, 2017 View on HN

How about the French Revolution?

tomoyoirl Apr 6, 2024 View on HN

France during the Revolution, eh?

clock_tower Mar 9, 2017 View on HN

Well, it worked for pre-revolutionary France! What could possibly go wrong?

ClumsyPilot Jul 15, 2020 View on HN

Thats what the French aristocracy said, and eventually they found their head on a pike.

sharemywin Oct 7, 2016 View on HN

Pretty sure it was a reference to Marie-Antoinette and the french revolution.