I think about the horrible French Revolution more and more lately. Not because I want to. Just too many signs pointing that way. A very bad place. We do not want to go there, but it seems we’re drifting that way.
only because I have been thinking the same thing lately
America is more like the French at the time of the French Revolution the America at its founding morally speaking
I Just finished Citizens by Simon Schama
So many parallels to our times
According to Schama the leaders in the "Reign of Terror" Where Lawyers,Actors and News Media people (Almost unbelievable The word terrorism was coined in the french Revolution , Holocaust came from the french revolution etc... The part with Robespierre at the Festival of the Supreme Being reminds me of Obama giving that speach by the greek columns
I would like to see a forum started on the French Revolution and its parallels to our times