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[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I don't think Caesar needed plebiscites to legitimise his rule. Napoleon did much to advance the cause of liberalism. His declaration of the French Empire only served to bolster the stability of the French state which could not sustain itself in a Republican form yet. It also pissed off all the European monarchs, which served his purposes well.

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    [–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    Plutocracy isn't "the traditional way of doing things", is the point and moreover if anyone secured the rule of money in France, it was Napoleon.

    [–]Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    He secured it for the betterment of the people in France.

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

    Liberals use this argument about Europe today, too.