Why The French Revolution Was Worse Than You Thought

The French Revolution is often portrayed in the West as a case of the oppressed masses rising up against a tyrannical monarchy, nobility, and clergy. This narrative is often backed up by films, history textbooks, and even video games. But the truth is the reality of the French Revolution is much more complicated that. In reality, the French Revolution took a flawed system and turned it into a monstrosity that was much worse. In this video on Pax Tube, I explain why The French Revolution was worse than it is often portrayed, and how its flawed philosophies led to the Reign of Terror and more. Listen in for a lesson about one of the most important and controversial events of modern history!

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0:00 Intro
1:49 France Before Revolution
8:08 Influence of the Enlightenment
12:08 The Revolution Begins
19:48 The Reign of Terror
25:22 The Revolution Winds Down
27:18 Conclusion

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Citations:

'The French Revolution' by Hilaire Belloc

'Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution' by Simon Schama

'Causes of the French Revolution - Encyclopedia Britannica'

'The Long and Short Reasons For Why Revolution Broke Out in France in 1789' by Swansea University Historians

'Catholic Theology and the Enlightenment' by Ulrich Lehner

'The DeChristianization of France During the French Revolution' by Alberto M. Piedra

[Cavirex]

"People are inherently good."
Proceeds to brutally kill all opposition.

[gp-]

When being worried is a crime punishable by *death*
You know something went horribly wrong

[eucharistenjoyer]

Oh yes, Rousseau, the guy who put all his 5 children in the orphanage (back when it was almost a death sentence), claiming men are inherently good, sounds legit.

[ej]

Edmund Burke got it right. He supported the American Revolution from the start, arguing the colonials were trying to defend their traditional rights to self-government. And he immediately opposed the French Revolution, arguing that a revolution attempting to do away with all existing norms and traditions would end in disaster.

[dvdoodr]

Whenever you hear "Utopian Society" get ready for the exact opposite.

[danwindsor]

What these historical movies show us how quickly heroes become villains and allies turn into enemies. There was an old joke I loved. Three prisoners in a Russian jail were locked in isolation wards. They managed to dig a tunnel and meet. The oldest guy says :-
"I was locked away because in 1950 I spoke up for Kruschov"
The second guy says "I was locked away because in 1960 I spoke up against Kruschov"
The third guy says "I was locked away because in 1970 I was Kruschov"

[billjanke]

"Like Saturn, the revolution devours it's own children." This is what scares me the most about a full on revolution. One day you're the hero and the next day your head is rolling. With a revolution the power changes quickly in instabilities throughout the land.

[josephmiller]

Pride. The ideas that they were smarter, more just, more benevolent: better than those who came before them led to their own demise. We must not fall into the same trap when looking at them.

[anthony-s]

“When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box”

[hgostos]

Whenever one cares to study the French Revolution to any depth, one quickly realises that it was an absolute horror

[UndercoverSpaz]

Who's here after the Olympic opening ceremony?

[welcometothemachine]

I'm seeing a LOT of parallels of the French revolution with modern America. Holy shit.

[Pan_Z]

"Rage and phrenzy will pull down more in half an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight can build up in a hundred years." -- Edmund Burke, writing on the French Revolution

[Slavianophile]

The French revolution was a model for the 1917 Russian revolution which brought about even more horrible massacres and suffering.

[janscott]

“Think exactly like me or perish, even if I change my mind”. The modern left, child of the French Revolution.

[DJChaz]

The similarities between the issues today in the United States and the issues that led up to the French revolution are uncanny and scary.

[theuniverse]

The French revolution and its consequences

[joshuabissey]

"He was stabbed to death by a moderate" - kinda sums it up.

[adamhenrywalker]

I saw AOC getting heckled by left-wing protesters and it reminded me of a lesson from the French Revolution: oftentimes in revolutions the early revolutionary leaders are guillotined as well for being insufficiently radical.

[Bellasie]

Finally some common sense about the topic. I'm French and since childhood, I never understood why this horror isn't considered a genocide rather than celebrated as a national holiday. A lot was lost during the French Revolution. If enemies of France had wanted to destroy its heritage and memory, they couldn't have planned a better way. Sadly, most French people are still convinced the revolution freed them, as they are brainwashed by the winners of that revolution still (un)ruling this country. Thank you for being awake and spreading the word that the French Revolution isn't what you are told it was but much worse.