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In reply to the discussion: Just heard something interesting about the French Revolution [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)13. Interestingly, the terms 'right' and 'left' as they apply to politics
come from the French Revolution and where one was physically sitting in the National Assembly.
Rather than say 'rightists' and 'lefties,' probably better to say 'without the bourgeoisie, there wouldn't have been a revolution at all." (Both rightists and lefties were 'revolutionaries' but of differing degrees.)
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Not true. Of course, it depends on what you consider the "start" of the
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#4
I'm probably betraying my age and when I went to school by saying that
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#10
I take a long view of revolutions. You know a lot more than I about the French Revolution, but
CTyankee
Jul 2012
#19
I confused first and second estates, thinking first was nobility and second clergy. Thanks
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#24
I'm sure there are postmortems on this but do you think "Anarchism" is to blame?
flamingdem
Jul 2012
#12
I raised the issue of 'Committee of Self Defense' as the final raid approached,
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#25
Thank you for these links. Bookmarking for later reading. I'm not well versed in the
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#29
Yeah, that's my take on Occupy Los Angleles (pre-raid) too. A few self-identified
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#32
some rightwinger on twitter called Bastille Day 'French surrender Day'
Viva_La_Revolution
Jul 2012
#8
Interestingly, the terms 'right' and 'left' as they apply to politics
coalition_unwilling
Jul 2012
#13