[chrisser]

The result of the French Revolution, besides the killing off a large segment of the population, was an empire headed by a dictator (Napoleon).

But I suppose OWS would be fine with a dictator, and a little population cleansing would be a fine bonus in their mind.

Of course, they probably assume it will be their dictator in charge when the dust finally clears, and most of those liquidated will be "others".

Apparently, the problem with all the bloody socialist revolutions that ended in dictatorships before wasn't bloody socialist revolutions - it was that the wrong people were in charge. This time, they'll get it right.

[Gasshog]

So if the OWS crowd resorts to violence there will be less liberals to vote Rat and a number of mentally ill taken off the streets?

sounds like a winning formula to me.

[combat_boots]

“A month after the White House hosted the rapper Common, who glorifies violence on cops, the president opened his doors to one of Africa’s most evil dictators. Here’s Ali Bongo, the Gabonese president, who’s been accused of human rights violations and plundering billions of his country’s dollars.”

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2011/06/11/foxs-eric-bolling-obama-is-hosting-hoodlums-in/180497

[Rummyfan]

The result of the French Revolution, besides the killing off a large segment of the population, was an empire headed by a dictator (Napoleon).

Per Margaret thatcher, the French Revolution brought about two outcomes: piles of headless corpses, and a tyrant.

But I suppose OWS would be fine with a dictator...

Seems like a lot of our fellow citizens are crying out for a dictator.

[Jimmy Valentine]

You are absolutely correct. The French revolutionaries all fell, engulfed by their own reign of terror.

Robespierre, the most violent fell under the guillotine which ushered in the Direcrtory and very shortly thereafter, Napoleon.

The history of revolutions, except for ours is always the same, but these OWS idiots don't study history do they.

[Tublecane]

To be fair they got Napoleon because the rest of Europe wanted revenge. Also because their revolutionary army was a bit too successful defending itself into new territory, sorta like Israel more recently. Also, there was the “thermidorian” countercoup, led by Fouche et. al. So by Napoleon’s rise the revolution—or at least the most radical phase—was over. Thermidors are socialists’ favorite excuse. “Who, Stalin? Nah, he wasn’t the revolution. He betrayed the revolution!”

Then again, there wouldn’t have been revolutionary wars without the revolution and especially without the regicide.

By the way, your post implies the French revolution was socialist, or at least can be mistakenly interpreted thusly. There were’t really any socialists back then, at least not in the way we mean it now. Except Babeuf, who jumped the historical gun and was executed in the reign of terror.