I mean, the Reign of Terror wasn't really supported by The Masses the way pretty much every depiction of that period has it. It also died down more or less immediately after Robespierre got his head cut off. So it's more of a "fuck this one guy in particular" lesson than "squelch the poor..." idk and then there's this whole historiography question about how celebrated the French Revolution is, all "yay the poor rose up and ate the rich but don't do that really" so... idek, we probably want shadowsong and her knowledge of French history for this. All I know is that Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette didn't really deserve it and Robespierre was a dick whose name, nevertheless, is good for lizards.
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