>Has a revolution to destroy the monarchy and form a republic,

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>>1220475
Burke warned them
>Trying to eliminate tradition.
Pleb tier cucks

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>Has a revolution to destroy the monarchy and form a republic, killing untold numbers of Roman men/women
>Ends up installing an Emperor anyway

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>>1220487
>No matter how much we distance ourselves from the past, we are doomed to repeat it.

Oh god this feel.

>>1220487
The republic lasted ~500 years though, and the principate still kept republican elements for almost ~300 years before the dominate.

>>1220475
>Fuck up
The only thing Napoleon did wrong was lose.

>>1220841
Everyone has an opinion but I can say for certain that this is objectively wrong.

>>1220873
Everyone has an opinion but I can say for certain that this is objectively correct.

>>1220475
By having and following meme intellectuals.

Well we could have done worse. We could have started two European wars instead of one.

>>1220475
>Has a revolution to destroy the monarchy and form a republic

Always thought it was about social change, liberalism and enlightenment thought

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>>1220512
Oh god please yes, we need Emperor Trump.

>>1220475
>The public is fed up with aristocratic bullshit compounded by famine
>A bunch of intellectuals manipulate the masses into overthrowing the monarchy
>Said intellectuals then convince everyone to execute dissenters and anyone they don't like
>Intellectuals start to turn on each other in a scramble for power.
>Rest of europe gets spooked/sees this as an oppertunity and invades.
>French armies btfo of invaders, Napoleon makes a name for himself as a general
>Napoleon covinces the government to send an expedition to Eygpt to fuck with the Brits
>Intellectual backstabbing intensifies back home.
>Brits skullfuck the french fleet at the nile, Napoleon hurries home to take advantage of the chaos
>Napoleon becomes co-consul with 2 puppets and later declares himselfs first consul for life.
>He figures this republicanism thing is retarded and drops the pretense and crowns himself emperor, since most people like him anyway and he can get shit done.

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>>1220475
>Has a revolution to destroy the Ancien Regime
>Enforce a constitutional monarchy
>The king fucks up
>Get rid of the king
>Literally EVERYONE declares war on France
>Brilliant general turned Consul saves the Republic and establishes a lasting peace
>LOL j/k Ancien Regime Europe is back to fighting France
>Install an emperor who follows Voltaire's Enlightened Despot ideal

Russia was the only part where they fucked up

>>1220487
Napoleon was probably the number 1 Romaboo in Europe and the last chance Europe had when it came to restoring the Roman Empire.

The more I learn about the French Revolution, the more I am becoming to think that it was filled with a bunch of pretentious assholes who took advantage of legitimate problems to push their agenda. Is there any sources that contest this? I'd rather not have a one sided view on the whole event.

Because "they were trying to get rid of the monarchy" is a massive over simplification to allow tiny babies to understand it.

>>1224446
>filled with a bunch of pretentious assholes who took advantage of legitimate problems to push their agenda

That describes every revolution I know of.