Will American Ideas Tear France Apart? Some of Its Leaders Think So

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[–]Minedwe 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

American ideas ALREADY tore France apart. Has everyone forgotten the US-supported French Revolution? Where we stabbed Louis in the back after he saved our asses in the Revolution? Where thousands of random people were murdered, Communism found its genesis, and a 20-year long state of near-constant warfare completely changed Europe?

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Communism found its genesis

Nationalism as well. People forget that.

[–]Minedwe 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

True, but a sort of Nationalism already existed in the sense of extreme duty to country. The French revolution had some positive effects but many, many negatives.

[–]Nasser 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The US was less than a decade old when the French revolution happened as well as being on another continent. The Ancien regime treated it's people like shit with the tax and estate system, couple that with famine and economic hardship and you got the revolution.

[–]Minedwe 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The American revolution served as inspiration. Yes a revolution was inevitable but the poking and prodding that our diplomats and thinkers did helped fuel the extreme violence and proto-Communist ideals.