More and more I've been thinking about the French Revolution. The Jacobins wanted to bring the king down, and they did, but then found that governing was difficult. Pretty soon the Jacobins were struggling amongst themselves, with the most radical people rising to the top -- portraying themselves as champions of the poor and down-trodden. Once these folks had power they started the Reign of Terror, killing those revolutionaries were not sufficiently extremist (as well as a great many members of the clergy). In the end, this did not work out well.
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.
More and more I’ve been thinking about the French Revolution. The Jacobins wanted to bring the king down, and they did, but then found that governing was difficult. Pretty soon the Jacobins were struggling amongst themselves, with the most radical people rising to the top — portraying themselves as champions of the poor and down-trodden. Once these folks had power they started the Reign of Terror, killing those revolutionaries were not sufficiently extremist (as well as a great many members of the clergy). In the end, this did not work out well.
In the end, the French Revolution resulted in the modernization and rationalization of the French government and the spread of liberal ideas throughout Europe. I don’t think that was such a bad result. Surely the French republic is better than the monarchy during the Ancien Regime.
I am coming from a human point and history. We are an educated country and the Congress should know that they will not have jobs if they give Obama, the liar, what he wants. It just doesn’t compute. Congress has the power now; but they will NOT if they vote Obamas bills in.