[dfwgator]

My view (and it only my opinion which I don’t expect anyone to share) on it is that the French Revolution was the precursor of Marxism, Nazism and the general collapse of European society.

It had some influence, but the major precursor of Marxism was the Paris Commune.

[Sherman Logan]

the major precursor of Marxism was the Paris Commune.

Well, yeah, but then the Commune was a concsious attempt to redo the Revolution of 1789 and get it right.