I'm french, studying revolution since 30 years. I never saw, from an english speaking historian a so accurat narrative about the french revolution . Some points can be detailed or nuanced, but you have seized the main of a revolution in a foreign country. That's rare .
@takagi_타카기양짱8 ай бұрын
I am a Korean right-winger. The reason I hate the country called France is because they created a group called the left-wing.
@adeleg47598 ай бұрын
Indeed, americains only narrative about it is how theirs is better...
@MerhabaMuhtesem8 ай бұрын
We Turkish Kemalists love French revolution.
@alexbardoux72978 ай бұрын
We all never know howwe enjoy a mythic revolution . The truth is sometimes dirty ! @@MerhabaMuhtesem
@MemristerBoogieDown8 ай бұрын
@@adeleg4759 ...better how? I'm American and I've never heard anyone say that when discussing the French revolution...which, honestly, doesn't happen all that often.
@11buster10009 ай бұрын
Enlightenment, and here we are in 2023 with adout 2% of the population with 90% of the wealth. But we have no press any more and they give us just enough bread. And who pays all the taxes and who pays nil? We need a news system.
@landsea73329 ай бұрын
Two types of wealth inequality - income and asset . To rephrase Thomas Pikitty , Asset Growth > Income Growth . kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHzWeZuOrNZ3p68 .
@loladelawoyin572820 күн бұрын
Buy Bitcoin!
@lowersaxon16 күн бұрын
The free press is news.
@playwithmeinsecondlife61299 ай бұрын
The real question is, how did the British monarchy survive?
@jojofyrefyre84329 ай бұрын
They adopted a constitutional monarchy
@TheFilbert139 ай бұрын
I'd be interested to hear a historians opinion. But I think the UK monarchy lasted because of two big reasons. First it never fell into dire times like France did. Because of its trade and reach even when there were hard times it weathered them and over came them before they got out of control. Often at the expense of some of its subjects. Second is it slowly gave power to the parliament. It was slow progress and still has power on paper today. But it never went away and the power thier current king has is nothing compared to 200 years ago.
@playwithmeinsecondlife61299 ай бұрын
@@TheFilbert13 There were protests, but they never went very far. I think you're right, Britain slowly progressed to democracy. There was also the escape valves of North America and Australia.
@Cailus35429 ай бұрын
Two words: Oliver Cromwell. England's time as a republic was so terrible that the country became very reluctant to try it again. The monarchy, rightly fearing a repeat, worked hard to keep Parliament onside, giving up power and wealth to survive. Compare this to the French and Russian monarchies, who flat out refused to do the same until it was far too late.
@jips1239 ай бұрын
Also, the British monarchy is a German monarchy.
@philipsalama80839 ай бұрын
Ironically, the king wasn't tyrannical enough. He tried for 17 years to reform the broken French economy, but he kept implementing half measures to try not to anger the entrenched upper nobles and clergy - who wanted no change at all, or very, very limited change. By the time Louis started taking decisive action, it was too late - he was seen as weak, and any attempt he made to be strong just came off as perulance.
@fiachramaccana2809 ай бұрын
He wasn't just seen as weak. He was in fact appallingly weak in character. And also a terrible people person with little charisma. Had he been made of stronger stuff he could have strong armed the nobility and the upper clergy (also nobility) to pay taxes in exchange for consultative powers. He appointed a series of finance ministers (Calonne; Neckar) who all followed radically different policies and dismissed every one of them either because they failed or because they ran up against opposition from the nobility. Mostly defending their own privileges. He didn't see that every failed policy/dismissal drained his own authority. From 1788 onwards he suffered an effective mental breakdown which made things even worse. As his wife had to step in the fill the vacuum. She was way way worse in that all she understood was her own prerogative.
@adrianthomas14738 ай бұрын
Yes - and the same can be said for the murder of Charles 1 and the Great Rebellion - I see the ideas of the English radicals leading to Cromwell as a parallel to the French radicals leading to Napoleon. If the English had not killed their king would the French have killed theirs?
@str.777 ай бұрын
@@fiachramaccana280 Yes, he was too weak. Too weak to even prevent the massacring of his royal guard. Even young Napoleon (who favoured the other side) was appalled.
@alexbardoux72976 ай бұрын
More than weak he was seen as a traitor...but it's a long story.
@jips1239 ай бұрын
The problem was taxing the people but not the nobility.
@jake97059 ай бұрын
The problem was taxes.
@kariannecrysler6409 ай бұрын
Taxation. Definitely a system that needs some revamping in most modern day countries 💯
@naelbi88709 ай бұрын
People were heavily taxed in UK too and other countries, not quite the real main reaso for this revolution
@Glitchunlocked9 ай бұрын
@@naelbi8870 It wasn't the only reason, but it played a big role in the French Revolution, the same way heavy UK taxes played a big role in the American Revolution.
@GleePotter84689 ай бұрын
The king tried during the États Généraux but the nobility and the clergy said no and the king wasn’t “powerful” enough to force them
@jamievaughn14859 ай бұрын
As an American I feel like this is where we are headed too now. A govt spending like crazy, taxing us to death, and rising prices have been our lives for years now.
@ava.artemisАй бұрын
Tax rates for average people have stayed basically the same since just after Great Depression. Tax rates for the wealthy and corporations have plummeted since then. They are at the lowest now that they’ve been since the depression. That’s why wealth is migrating to the few at the top and why they’re gaining more control over media, the political system, what you buy, and what you pay for it. It’s profiteers who have figured out how to flood the economy with tech gadgets you have to constantly replace, and ways to insure everything and keep them from being hacked- while growing functional monopolies so we have less and less choice as consumers or as workers so they can price gouge and exploit us more all the time. It’s not taxes that are draining us. After the Depression they figured out we needed to tax the rich heavily to prevent our own aristocracy and regulate industries, like finance, so they can’t ruin the economy for everyone. But over the last 50 years, rich people have convinced us that trickle down economics works and all of those protections have been slowly eroded. That’s why we’re moving towards all of the conditions he’s talking about in this video.
@amypoucher962026 күн бұрын
I was just thinking that
@katherinestevens652816 күн бұрын
Same here in UK
@lowersaxon16 күн бұрын
No way.
@deepkadamba708314 күн бұрын
Starvation is very low in developed countries like USA.
@williamrobinson74359 ай бұрын
Well compiled, presented and edited. I enjoyed this. Nice one Luke and team! ⭐👍
@takagi_타카기양짱8 ай бұрын
I am a Korean right-winger. The reason I hate the country called France is because they created a group called the left-wing.
@Jayjay-qe6um9 ай бұрын
"The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art." -- Octavio Paz
@JustDucky-d9k9 ай бұрын
I do not think the Chinese or Russian revolutions did them any favours as they were immediately taken over by despots.
@EAcapuccino9 ай бұрын
Im gonna love this! 😮 Im always an egghead for History and this channel! 🇫🇷 Vive la france!
@christinegraham25799 ай бұрын
I have truly enjoyed this amazing video dissertation on the French Revolution & Its Downfall. This has been eye-opening & insightful. Thank you for producing it. I cannot wait to watch more!
@TwilightPrincess149 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Napoleon did not manage victory in Egypt. He lied and used the propaganda to help him take over France, leaving the disaster in Egypt to a fall guy before it could be pinned on him. Extra History did a great series on it.
@alexbardoux72979 ай бұрын
Another fun fact : Napoléon in Egypt had a relation with the wife of one of his subordonates. He send him to France with an "urgent "mission. He was captured by Nelson on the way. Nelson, knowing the story, rendred the officer free on egyptian soil . On war evrything no detail must be neglected !
@jackryan21129 ай бұрын
Libertay, Egalitay, Fraternitay
@simonkeyse81859 ай бұрын
Nothing really changes that much does it?
@soilofkАй бұрын
exactly
@britjohnson199028 күн бұрын
Are we running out of carbs? Global poverty and hunger is a small fraction of what it was. Degeneracy is a common theme though
@kariannecrysler6409 ай бұрын
I can’t help but notice how the enlightenment made huge steps forward for humane society and that every year since, it seems, the 2% have been slowly acquiring & adjusting the new systems to work in their favor.🤭 Someday, things like intelligence will be understood to be something that isn’t purchased or inherited. Channels like this help prove that 🥰
@str.777 ай бұрын
The EnglightenmentTM did not make the world "more humane" at all. Just watch the video.
@kariannecrysler6407 ай бұрын
@@str.77 I’m not sure you understand what I wrote. I said steps forward towards a more humane society, not that it was more humane. I’m horrible with grammar so I’m sure the fault is mine.
@str.777 ай бұрын
@@kariannecrysler640 No, your grammar is fine. I was just railing the pretensions of EnlightenmentTM a bit.
@kariannecrysler6407 ай бұрын
@@str.77 No worries.
@powerfrenzy9 ай бұрын
I became very fond of this era after experiencing the manga/anime, The Rose of Versailles🌹
@markjarrett94009 ай бұрын
Another great video. Well worth watching. Thank goodness it does not have the ridiclous bomerang effect with a wosh when changing between cuts.
@HistoryHit9 ай бұрын
Thank you. After reviewing the comments we decided to make a revised version without those effects.
@aristoclesathenaioi49399 ай бұрын
It is a great irony that the Rebellion of the British Colonies in North America should provide a model for the French Revolution. The so-called American Revolution left the class and social structure of the British Colonies unchanged. What it did do was to stop British taxation and political oversight of the Colonies. The American War of Independence was never about changing the social structure in the way that the French Revolution was.
@CB-fz3li9 ай бұрын
True, the US revolutionaries were looking backwards to Rome for inspiration. The French just tore up the rulebook.
@llhll82649 ай бұрын
Which led to the reign of terror in France. While people from the working poor class could build fortunes in the states.
@CB-fz3li9 ай бұрын
@@llhll8264 To be fair it led to a reign of terror for the Native Americans.
@llhll82649 ай бұрын
@@CB-fz3li lol because native Americans lived in peace with each other lol.
@fiachramaccana2809 ай бұрын
@@CB-fz3li indeed. And loyalists. Not that I care about the latter
@alanvanbelt68409 ай бұрын
Remarkable similarities to the UK today.
@deborahdauray89339 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@abhiroy48269 ай бұрын
during 1789 france was not the power house of europe nor did it have huge overseas empire. most of the empire was taken during the seven years war by britain and it was almost bankrupt after fighting in american revolutionary war.
@JustDucky-d9k9 ай бұрын
Except for the King and his sycophants.
@Tralala6919 ай бұрын
I pee pee on you 😂😂😂😂
@fiachramaccana2809 ай бұрын
the only part of the empire that counted were the sugar islands and they were not lost. Canada and India were financial black holes. Hence their loss saved money. Otherwise you are 100% correct.
@oneshotme9 ай бұрын
I enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
@cassiusijeomah42396 ай бұрын
Well Documented And Narrated
@deborahhobbins71318 ай бұрын
does this remind you of anything? whos for a revolution?
@AW-kr9fl23 күн бұрын
Ridiculous prices and an unaffordable cost of living are usually the things that causes revolutions, not wars, plagues or tyranny
@derkennedy1228Ай бұрын
A woman descended from an Irish family who fled to France to escape anti-Catholic persecution in Ireland wrote a very interesting autobiography. She lived through the monarchy, the revolution, Napoleon and the partial restoration. She recorded an extensive undermining of basic concepts and social organization and the accompanying distortion of the reporting of events prior to the revolution and the subsequent mass killing during the revolution, reaching a high point in Napoleon's wars. A similar pattern was followed in the Russian Revolution and may well be followed in the present day West.
@JohnGraceBRАй бұрын
The Laki volcanic in Iceland erupted. spewing lava and poisonous gases into the atmosphere. This volcano spewed out so much ash that the ash blocked the sunlight for the inhabitants of the northern hemisphere. In New York, New York, it snowed on July 4 due to lack of sun. This volcano caused crop failures. Because of the poor government of France, these hungry people revolted. When historian discuss the causes of the French Revolution, they focus on the poor financial health of the nation. But the spark was caused by food shortages, caused by climate changes caused by the volcano.
@nickharmer30499 ай бұрын
Fantastic.!! Bless 👏👏
@daswordofgork98238 ай бұрын
Fun fact I am already teaching this at a school.
@nuggie4huggie23pp8 ай бұрын
I genuinely want to know why the King thought it was a good idea to support the American REVOLUTION of a fellow monarch. I understand that they wanted revenge on Britain but read the room😂
@TheMoonkelly9 ай бұрын
The French monarchy also had horrible advisors who flat out lied to those on the throne.
@stevedavy28789 ай бұрын
Because France was a country where the rich got richer each year and the poor poorer each year. Exactly like the UK has been this last 14 years under the Tories.
@mariagordanier34049 ай бұрын
So simple and true!
@spm369 ай бұрын
Was it better under labour ? 😂 2 cheeks
@stevedavy28789 ай бұрын
@@spm36 Yes in a word. Ive lived under multiple Tory and Labour Govts, the economy grows and people are not afraid to spend their earnings when Labour are in power. Tories are asset strippers, and milk the tax payer by giving contracts to their rich mates. They never take this country to better place, they are Dickensian
@DidierDidier-kc4nm9 ай бұрын
In France we have been ruling by left for 12 years and the poor are poorer each year ! left have ruined France and plenty of countries ! the best exemple is Sweden !
@landsea73329 ай бұрын
Both income and asset inequality started to become worse in Britain when Thatcher ushered out Keynesian Economics and brought in Neo Liberal " Economics . " She privatized assets that belonged to the British Public , deregulated the financial services sector , and brought in the great fraud of Trickle down economics .
@katherinecollins46859 ай бұрын
Very interesting
@claudettes96978 ай бұрын
Totally
@qgde3rty8uiojh908 ай бұрын
Equating the Thai monarchy - even if technically correct - to the British and Danish monarchies at the end of cause 2, is a bit if a stretch... You could've gone with, for example, either the Dutch or the Spanish. Otherwise a very very good YT documentury on the topic. Well done. 👍
@Kylew5068226 күн бұрын
Was it my ears or did he talk for 30 min and not mention Jacobin one time?
@benjicool28089 ай бұрын
never, absolutely never, increase the price of bread or rice
@خلاصهفیلم-ص5ز8 ай бұрын
The stated reasons of regime change are eerily similar to conditions of current iran, which is about to explode.
@jamesharris184Ай бұрын
Are you sure this isn't current American history... well done thank you.
@scoon21179 ай бұрын
France is africa today.
@rolandrothwell48403 ай бұрын
Brilliant and very thorough. I'm doing a history PGCE and History Hit is invaluable! Bravo 👏 😊
@carlsmith88153 ай бұрын
A little overstated in places but accurate for what is called the French Revolution. This has become a prototype for all revolutions....even when they bear no resemble to it. The narrator made reference to Russia. The price of bread did have relation to that revolution, but if one factor should be emphasised is that it is selective urban elites and that change regimes not "the people ". Who very often are inactive or as in a lot of France and Russia were actively supportive of the monarchical systems or moderate versions of them. In France the bulk of the population favoured monarchy for a century after the 1789 revolution, and the monarchy was restored , but Paris often didn't share this sentiment. The Communist takeover in Russia was the seizure of power by a tiny well organised, highly motivated and armed political party It wasn't installed by "the people " or the broad electorate. . This episode also charts the frequent result of social upheaval ( revolution ) is followed by dictatorship. In England after the Civil War it was Cromwell, Napoleon in France and Lenin, Stalin etc in Russia, and Mao in China etc.
@MarcLebern8 ай бұрын
Except in Paris and in some large cities, in 1789 the France of the provinces was attached to the Monarchy. If Louis XVI had accepted the advice to move the regime towards a constitutional monarchy, royalty would still exist in France.
@davidpaterson23098 ай бұрын
Yes, but I’m not sure it was Louis himself that was the problem, he could probably have been persuaded in the direction of constitutional monarchy without much difficulty - he had previously proved himself open to economic and social reform. The greatest barrier was the intransigence and complacency of much of the aristocracy - many of whom were less interested in the long term constitutional outcome and much more so in their own short term wealth and influence. The people advising him to change just weren’t powerful enough to convince or compel the others to do so.
@maapaa20109 ай бұрын
Beautiful video. History hit is getting better lol
@dr.tinsaienegash2536Ай бұрын
The worst part is there are powerful groups currently who are itching for this terror of a history to repeat worldwide.
@str.777 ай бұрын
9:00 That's NOT the proper definition of a constitutional monarchy at all. In a constitutional monarchy the King is still in charge of the government but he has to follow the rules set out in a written constitution. The United Kingdom is a parliamentary monarchy in which parliament basically decides everything and determines the government. Thailand is not a good example for either as who know what will come tomorrow. Only a while ago, it was a military dictatorship with royal approval.
@fiachramaccana2809 ай бұрын
The key trigger was economics. Or quite literally a loss of confidence in the ability of the French monarchy to repay its debts. Due to the growing size of the debt and the inability of the government to raise new revenues in the form of taxes. This meant that any new debt raised carried very high interest rates to compensate for the high risk of default. This growing default risk which was exacerbated by the political crisis which hurt the economy and gave the impression of an out of control government led to a gradual shrinking of the pool of potential lenders to almost nothing. And the subsequent decline in the value of the already issued French government debt instruments known as assignats. Many middle class French owned these interest bearing instruments and their loss of value and the inability to borrow more was the immediate cause of the collapse. Add to that the ingrained arrogance of the monarchy and most of the aristocracy who were so ignorant of finance/economics they didn't even understand what was happening. The dismissal of the Swiss financier Neckar from the government caused a final collapse in investor/borrower confidence and tipped the balance towards revolution.
@mohammedsaysrashid35879 ай бұрын
French revolution was the first cause that started declining French competition power confronted the British empire existence. French colonialism system was not sufficient talent to exploit its colonials, similar to its British competitor .British supported financial to French freemasonry.
@fabs84989 ай бұрын
Franc maconnerie in french
@NewChannel-wi7vj9 ай бұрын
Were you trying to say something coherent? If so, massive fail. Learning English could help you.
@christopherrubadue63438 ай бұрын
This sounds like americas problem
@WifeMamaArtist6 ай бұрын
Shadows of the world we have today. We need to be aware how easily a version of this could happen again (in the UK).
@DanH-u3f9 ай бұрын
The king and queen were out of touch with the reality in France.
@krishkrish82139 ай бұрын
That's also not true, either. The king was very much in touch and tried to liberalise many aspects to help the people, but they never got to do that.
@abbofun90229 ай бұрын
@@krishkrish8213mwah, he did a tiny little bit for show that was, of course, not effective at all.
@NewChannel-wi7vj9 ай бұрын
It is true, though. @@krishkrish8213
@NewChannel-wi7vj9 ай бұрын
They certainly were!
@krishkrish82139 ай бұрын
@abbofun9022 This is just a reminder that most of the French people at that time still had the supported the monarchy. It was only a vocal fringe that was the revolutionary.
@jonkayl94165 күн бұрын
1788 crazy weather \ Famin was caued by Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland. It also affected Britains harvest.
@colinlambert8828 ай бұрын
The "Bourbon" monarchy never was pronounced like a southern grain whiskey! Le Roi s'est moi ie absolute monarchy instead of a constitutional monarchy. Feudalism, destroyed in England by the shortage of labour after the Black death and formally abolished in 1660, was alive in France until 1789. France had a population of 28m against just over 10m in GB. However London was already significantly bigger than Paris, France's economy was stagnating and still mainly agrarian, GB had already benefitted enormously from the Huguenot expulsions of highly skilled refugee protestants. Its economy was based on trade and early signs of the coming industrial revolution. The British common law system, based on case law and precedent is found in some of the most successful economies today - the US, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, Australia, NZ. France replaced its old courts with the Napoleonic civil law, while a common law systems evolve over time. British had riots about bread prices generally leading pragmatic action by the government to reduce hoarding or sometimes to subsidise wheat prices.
@GregTheFallen4 ай бұрын
Who's Here from Plumstead High 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥(Tash)
@TydanАй бұрын
The gates of the Elysée Palace nowadays are the new gates of Versailles.
@Elys-Ian8 ай бұрын
As a person that love eating breads, No doubt, I am definitely on every protest in that time.
@robnewman61019 ай бұрын
I feel a bit heartbroken & sorry for King Louis & Queen Marie Antoinette. 💐💔😞😢😔🙏⛪✝️➕⚰️⚰️
@creatoremterrae79339 ай бұрын
Their 4 year old son Louis was treated even badly. It's terrifying.
@scipioafricanus22859 ай бұрын
Dear me How many children died daily in 18th century in gruesome circumstances never known life without hunger or despair
@retrojay869 ай бұрын
I'm not
@fiachramaccana2809 ай бұрын
They were weak and ineffective monarchs who presided over a bankrupted state. And failed to offer real reforms or solutions. Even in the 18th century monarchs were expected to be competent.
@fromadhdtodndtomtg9 ай бұрын
Our did they... (looking at you Bourbon Restoration).
@welcometonebalia3 ай бұрын
From the size of the French colonial empire in 1789 to the attribution to Napoleon of a famous quote by Mirabeau (although he actually probably didn't say it neither, but that's not the point) through a bloodthirsty Condorcet, there are a lot of inaccuracies here...
@joechang8696Ай бұрын
I am puzzled by "Let them eat cake" versus "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" which has different meanings between English and French. In French, Brioche is a fancy type of baked good more expensive than ordinary bread. Everything I have seen is that aristocrats of this era were not ignorant on this matter. Everything back then was about money. They knew how much each class of person was to be paid. In English is where this phrase becomes more interesting. Cake has more than one meaning. What does "caked on" mean? I saw one reference say that bakers used a thin layer of dough to line the baking sheet to keep the bread from sticking. This is suspicious because wheat/flour was a valued commodity not to be wasted. But if so, the caked layer would be scraped off afterwards, and that is what poor people would eat?
@giocrypt51488 ай бұрын
France didn’t overthrow the Monarchy, the Paris mob did, with the help of the aristocracy.
@Michael-wn3rh9 ай бұрын
I don't think I've ever heard 'liberté, fraternité, egalité' pronounced worse in my entire life, and I'm in the US. Nevertheless, it's a fantastic video.
@murrayscott95469 ай бұрын
I'm not sure that I got seven here. It segued into Napoleon, after the Revolution was over, n'est pas ?
@joseortiz96292 күн бұрын
Can a determined population overthrow an established order in these current times? Asking for a friend.
@callmethecommentcountess9329Ай бұрын
Interesting
@RobertTaylor-sw7wj20 күн бұрын
Well done France! Wonderful!
@biglebowski3961Ай бұрын
Wow, sounds like many countries in 2024.
@BamBamBigelow.9 ай бұрын
The Petit Trianon sure didn't help matters
@therearenoshortcuts98688 ай бұрын
They couldn't rein in their own economic elites
@narrakasa811949 ай бұрын
Her name is Marie Antoinette not Mary Antoinette. 😂
@everibarovski79638 ай бұрын
Yes lets not forget the civil wars in England in the mid 1600s which could have ended the monarchy in Britain very close to it due to the clash of the powers between Charles 1 and the Parliament disagreements of how things were run so charles ended up leaving England escaped To France i think The British monarchy was so close to being ended it would have been good if it had been abolished.
@katherinestevens652816 күн бұрын
No it wouldn't
@davidroberts65494 ай бұрын
If only the UK had knobbled the aristocracy. The sad state of the nation can be laid at the door of the class system.
@EAcapuccino9 ай бұрын
In relation to this, I have seen the Napoléon film and I absolutely loved it! Joaquim phoenix was a good choice! I am well aware less than 1/2 was accurate, but even so you wont regret it if you go and see it.... pssst ⬇️ Many dirty scenes! 😏
@landsea73329 ай бұрын
" less than 1/2 was accurate, " Why do script writer do this ? Movies are far more powerful when you know they are historically accurate . .
@SteveFugere-q6p7 ай бұрын
What a time, people had balls in those days.
@Oldkekistani26 күн бұрын
Which one?
@davidpalin17908 ай бұрын
Seems like history repeating itself
@christophertaylor43406 ай бұрын
Wait.....why does this all sound so familiar?
@PatriciaPalmer-o3e9 ай бұрын
❗Jean Paul Marat's newspaper, and Societe' Populaire Nantes, Sans Culottes, Girandots, Jacobins, Society of Revolutionary Republican Women et al, all wildly fanned the public's flames.
@thomasdevine8678 ай бұрын
France didn't modernize its financial and tax systems. The Taille had viciously perverse effects on the agricultural economy. The tax punished, often with prison and torture, anyone who was good at farm or household management.
@nathanyoung75878 ай бұрын
The French always had balls today's American is too subdued and defeated by cable "news"
@VesnaVK7 ай бұрын
Downvoting because of the Ridley Scott movie thumbnail. That's not what that scene looked like.
@SAINTOBVIOUS7 ай бұрын
ahhhhh…. Luke. mon amour! l'homme le plus magnifique de tous les temps!
@Conn30Mtenor5 ай бұрын
A lot of it had to do with the deal that Louis XIV made with the aristocracy; they would avoid taxes in return for a spot on the bloated monarchy payroll, his addiction to war and his failure to reform the monarchy. An absolute monarchy is on a shaky foundation when the people are starving.
@bobvanpeborgh63128 ай бұрын
Any rule, which governs far removed from it's common people, is bound to fail... The catastrophic failure of the French monarchy was the inability to listen to the needs of the many instead of the few. This unfortunately resulted in years of slaughter and anarchy, brought on by the rage of the people and would finally consume the three founding fathers of the revolution; Marat, Danton and Robespierre... Before Napoleon stepped on the stage
@randalldance84436 ай бұрын
Amazingly stupid misrepresentation of how these events played out.
@adrianthomas14738 ай бұрын
Since there were such financial problems in France who funded Napoleon’s wars?
@Roshand-pl9tn8 ай бұрын
Bro you are describing modern day america
@stevenschultz96378 ай бұрын
5:15 sounds like America today ngl
@VersieKilgannon9 ай бұрын
Who would have thought that deregulation and unfettered free trade might actually be a bad thing for maintaining a country's stability? 😅
@renaudtheis11978 ай бұрын
Yes and the irony is that it marks the birth of left wing ideology = liberalism = less/low intervention on the government in the economy. And it lead to famine and starvation (along with bad weather and lowest co2 content in atmosphere ever). A lot of the people protesting and marching was FOR the king and monarchy to restore the previous regime of regulation of trade.
@simonf89028 ай бұрын
They didn’t like cake. 😂
@Brainbaskit8 ай бұрын
"Piss boy, come here!"
@KevinMichaelWalshArizona9 ай бұрын
Your sound is low.
@NewChannel-wi7vj9 ай бұрын
The sound is perfectly fine. Learn how to set up your device properly and stop spamming.
@marcdafermo13188 ай бұрын
Gee this is a hard one. Masonry, masonry, masonry, masonry, masonry, masonry, and masonry.
@effingsix38259 ай бұрын
Liberté, égalité, Beyoncé!
@manyulgarprsch9 ай бұрын
What about the Russian revolution?
@billyshane38049 ай бұрын
Fentanyl was the main cause of it.
@renaudtheis11978 ай бұрын
It should be said that overwhelmingly rural France was in support of the church and the king and were brutally, extremely brutally repressed. The main genocide was in Vendée where the entire region was exterminated, men, women, children and livestock. A lot of the protests were in support of the king to bring back the economic protection that they had enjoyed previously. The event at la Bastille were essentially paid thugs very similar to BLM and antifa. It’s not “the people”. The revolution is the birth of left wing ideology and it immediately lead to starvation, mass murder and chaos.