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The complete history of the French Revolution — from Louis XVI, to Robespierre, to Napoleon, and beyond! Including those weird French cults in the middle there, those were weird
0:00 The Revolution Begins
10:58 Robespierre & Reign of Terror
25:39 France Kills God
33:09 Napoleon
46:16 How to Survive the French Revolution
Date: August 18, 2025
France really is the nation-state version of “A Comedy of Errors”
Well this video suddenly became really freaking topical 32:46
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Pretty
3:16 based
bruh you createhistory in fnyy way!!! lol
Love the llamas with hats reference, it was appropriate. Max is totally like Carl.
How do I find the letter between Louie and his brother in law lmao
23:00 – it's brilliant plans like this that brought down Joe McCarthy.
It's very clear that most, if not all, of this video's version of Robespierre is based off of Thermidorian propaganda (that is, propaganda against Robespierre alleging he was a dictator and intentionally murdered all these people by guillotine). In truth, Robespierre was one member of the Committee of Public Safety (or CSP, this government body which was created by Danton btw), a collegial (without a leader) committee with NO POWER TO SEND ANYONE DIRECTLY TO THE GUILLOTINE. It was a group of men, including Robespierre, who voted on laws and such that would be presented to the Convention, and signed on arrest warrants as a group (death warrants were NOT their jurisdiction). Robespierre, out of all of these men, signed the fewest of these arrests, partly because he was known to have fragile physical and mental health and often took leave from the CSP, but he also argued in favour of those who were potentially to receive the death penalty, such as Madame Élisabeth, the king's sister (it didn't work and she died anyways), and those who were more moderate. Additionally, making statements such as 'how did they outlaw slavery lol must be a writer thing' it's funny you say that because it was Robespierre who back in 1791 declared "Perish your colonies, even if you were to lose everything!", and disregarding the real work that enslaved peoples put in to make abolition a reality (which Napoleon later revoked). In fact, Robespierre was killed by those who were more radical than he was – the Thermidorians were made up of representatives who had attempted to silence rebellion in the provinces using violence, which Robespierre initially approved of but broke ties with them once it was clear that they had crossed several lines. All in all, Robespierre was far from innocent, but painting him as this evil dictator is simply false – he never held dictatorial power and those who killed him were not doing it for some noble reason, they did it to save themselves from accountability. Truthfully, it's disappointing that a channel which focuses on history would spread false information without even properly investigating their sources. (And Robespierre never had Danton or Desmoulins killed – it's a long story that I'm only willing to explain if someone asks.)