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JDPriestly

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23. Right, Canuckistanian.

Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:48 AM

Jul 2012

The extremely rich refused to pay taxes, so the poor and middle class were burdened with the cost of paying for the far too expensive wars of the French king. They poor and middle class tried to deal with the king, but couldn't get anywhere, so they rebelled.

Wars cost money. Wars primarily benefit the rich -- especially wars that are fought on foreign soil (like Iraq).

But the rich feel they shouldn't have to pay because -- well they are so valuable because they are rich. It's an old, old story.

I hope it ends differently this time. I hope that the wealthy wise up and reach for their history books. Lots to learn in there.

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Just heard something interesting about the French Revolution [View all] Canuckistanian Jul 2012 OP

More Precisely, Sir, The Nobles Refused To Pay Any Taxes The Magistrate Jul 2012 #1

There is that parallel. fascisthunter Jul 2012 #2

Infighting was funny. chollybocker Jul 2012 #3

Not true. Of course, it depends on what you consider the "start" of the coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #4

Actually Me. Jul 2012 #7

I'm probably betraying my age and when I went to school by saying that coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #10

Lefebvre is still a classic of that history RainDog Jul 2012 #18

I take a long view of revolutions. You know a lot more than I about the French Revolution, but CTyankee Jul 2012 #19

"We are the 99%" is an excellent meme RainDog Jul 2012 #22

And then, 'Off with their heads!' elleng Jul 2012 #34

Bon jour! CTyankee Jul 2012 #35

Ah, chocolate and hazelnut: NUTELLA!!! elleng Jul 2012 #36

didyou think I meant the singer? CTyankee Jul 2012 #37

Not for a moment! elleng Jul 2012 #38

Thar she is! CTyankee Jul 2012 #41

I confused first and second estates, thinking first was nobility and second clergy. Thanks coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #24

no strident criticism from me RainDog Jul 2012 #33

I'm sure there are postmortems on this but do you think "Anarchism" is to blame? flamingdem Jul 2012 #12

To blame for what? Occupy rigorously insisted upon non-violence, a coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #14

I think that would be tough to pull off here! flamingdem Jul 2012 #15

I raised the issue of 'Committee of Self Defense' as the final raid approached, coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #25

some anarchy/occupy links flamingdem Jul 2012 #26

Thank you for these links. Bookmarking for later reading. I'm not well versed in the coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #29

I haven't seen much Anarchist influence in my Occupy. white_wolf Jul 2012 #30

Yeah, that's my take on Occupy Los Angleles (pre-raid) too. A few self-identified coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #32

I know Les Miserables is not actually about the French Revolution SoutherDem Jul 2012 #5

A beautiful song, from a great musical; but the grim reality is..... LongTomH Jul 2012 #31

The War That Helped Bankrupt The Country Me. Jul 2012 #6

some rightwinger on twitter called Bastille Day 'French surrender Day' Viva_La_Revolution Jul 2012 #8

That truly deserves a coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #11

I kinda doubt what was said in that first sentence, TBH. AverageJoe90 Jul 2012 #9

Interestingly, the terms 'right' and 'left' as they apply to politics coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #13

That much seems to be true. AverageJoe90 Jul 2012 #20

My understanding is that repeated attempts were made by the aristocracy to avoid the revolution Marr Jul 2012 #16

Business owners started the revolution against the aristocracy. Selatius Jul 2012 #17

The French Revolution word game mick063 Jul 2012 #21

^ A Wowza! post! ^ Mimosa Jul 2012 #40

Right, Canuckistanian. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #23

FLowers in the Night.... kooljerk666 Jul 2012 #27

I hope it isn't like the French revolution...it backfired Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #28

I've thought about the parallels Mimosa Jul 2012 #39