The army had increased in size from 54,000 to 350,000 men within two years.
I would like to learn more about how they were able to finance this.
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The organizations and major parties proved to be moreThe Open War 45preoccupied with the tumult of political life within France.
It seems odd that the major parties may not have understood that as a result of 'tumult' outside of France in Algeria, their own civilians in the nation would be sent there to fight a war, thus making it an issue in the forefront of French life.
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nder its sway, bourgeois society, freed from political cares, attained a development unexpected even by itself.
This reminds me of an interesting point in the film where the teacher is asking the students to give examples of the privileges that the upper classes hold.
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While the Versailles government, as soon as it had recovered some spirit and strength, used the most violent means against the Commune
Interesting to see how eager the Versailles government was to squash the revolutionary commune.
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the state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another, and indeed in the democratic republic no less than in the monarchy;
I like that Engels included the point that oppression of one class by another exists equally in both a democracy and a monarchy because it may more intuitive to think about this in a monarchy structure, yet this construct is pervasive in various systems of government.
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we find here two great gangs of political speculators, who alternately take possession of the state power
This can be seen in our modern political climate when you look at the republican and democratic parties who often alternate power.
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lead was melted down, cartridges rolled; on the boul. vards the trees, public urinals, benches, railings, and gas-lamp were all pulled down or overturned; by the morning, Paris wii covered with barricades.
Highlights the destruction that these movements can have on cities.
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He was in fact convinced that he had an enormous influence on the masses, so that at a later date, in d Ministry office, he went so far as to offer to quell a riot single-handed; when asked what means he would employ, he replied:‘Have no fear! I shall show them my face!’
He seems to be very full of himself, not the best sign for a potential leader.
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Everywhere tenahts cursed landlords, smocks attacked tailcoats, and rich conspired against poor.
There is really interesting language in this sentence that shows how the fight between classes will always be a 2-way battle. On the one hand the less wealthy are attacking the rich for the sake of progress but the rich defend themselves and protect their way of life.
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Despots have their effect on thinkers. Fettered speech is fearsome speech. The virtuosity of a writer’s style increases twofold, threefold, when a master imposes silence on the people.
This passage shows the barriers that absolute rulers can place between the people and freedom of speech and thought. However I do find it interesting how it is argued that a writer can only improve their talent under an oppressive ruler.
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‘All rioting closes shops, brings down stock prices, alarms the stock exchange, interrupts trade, interferes with business, triggers bankruptcies; money dries up; private wealth is unnerved, public credit shaken, industry dismayed, capital funding withdrawn, work underpaid, fear everywhere; repercussions in every town. Hence economic disaster. It has been calculated that the first day of rioting costs France twenty million, the second day forty, the third day sixty. A three-day uprising costs one hundred and twenty million
This is a strong description of what happens when riots take place because it highlights the significant economic impact these events can have. By explaining the concrete cost figures it allows you to fully understand the ramifications of riots.
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The inhabitants of French colonies located in America, Asiaand Africa cannot be governed by the same laws.
It does not seem necessary that he has to stipulate this, kind of seems like a given.
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Could men who have once enjoyed the benefits of liberty look on calmly while it is taken from them! They bore their chains when they knew no condition of life better than that of slavery. But today when they have left it, if they had a thousand lives, they would sacrifice them all rather than to be subjected again to slavery
I really enjoy this passage as it uses very strong rhetoric that can be understood by all regardless of social status. L/Ouverture is forcing his audience to reflect honestly in the first sentence by effectively saying: how would you feel upon being subjected to slavery after having tasted freedom?
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uffer, but they do place responsibility on those who influencehim; peoples, nations, all compete with one another, even thepeas
This is an interesting perspective, but I am not sure if I agree.
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Nevertheless, observing those men who painfully serve the tyrant in order to win some profit from his tyranny and from the subjection of the populace, I am often overcome with amazement at their wickedness and sometimes by pity for their folly. For, in all honesty, can it be in any way except in folly that you approacha tyrant, withdrawing further from your liberty and, so to speak, embracing with both hands your servitude?
I wonder if there are any points in history where those who blindly obeyed the tyrant for the prospect of a reward up and revolted in the case that they never saw the return they sacrificed all moral sense to receive
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his is the practice among notorious robbers and famous pirates: some scour the country, others pursue voyagers; some lie in ambush, others keep a lookout; some commit murder, others robbery; and although there are among them differences in rank, some being only underlings while others are chieftains of gangs, yet is there not a single one among them who does not feel himself to be a sharer, if not of the main booty, at least in thepursuit of it.It is dependably r
I understand the point that the author is trying to make, yet I'm not sure if I agree because I do not know that in the case of the dictator if that person considers themselves to be a sharer. When there are 'subordinates' or a tyrant leader, it does not seem probable that this person would want to spread their takings evenly among those with similar intentions.
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although for the most part, to be sure, there cannot be cleverness where there is so much impudence.
This is interesting. I think the author is suggesting that in societies that have so much hatred and nastiness that there was not much intellect at all in crafting or contributing to a community of that nature.
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Among other things we find the statement that bad kings employ foreigners in their wars and pay them, not daring to entrust weapons in the hands of their own people, whom they have wronged.
Going off of the above point, when there is compassion between authority and those who they have authority over share compassion for one another, there is a greater probability of harmony in that relationship. However, in the case of Tyrant here, they will not sacrifice their people despite their being a more sour relationship between both parties. This seems in a way counterintuitive as you would assume that the tyrant would pay no mind to sacrificing those that fear them.
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we should be intuitively obedient to our parents; later we should adopt reason as our guide and become slaves to nobody.
This point is interesting because it clearly shows the relation between the passage of time and progressive development in one's ability to reason. My question is, however, at what point does the transition from being obedient to your 'parental' figures to being your own autonomous thinker actually occur? I feel as though the ability to reason independent of a governing figure is a gradual process and not one that occurs sharply at a certain milestone.
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