In 1848, riots convulsed Europe. They sought constitutions, democracy, national independence. When it was all over, their only success was in France, where they...immediately elected Louis Napoleon Bonaparte on a platform of restoring order. 4 yrs later, he was Emperor.
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Literally any book about 1848 or 1968 would disabuse anyone of the notion that riots are a good political strategy under any system of government.
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There were losers. But the people who rebelled against Metternich were not winners. A decade later, his son was Ambassador to France! The Hungarian rebels got what they wanted in 1867 - only after Austria lost a war. https://twitter.com/tsutton94/status/1266773987125854210 …
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Britain survived 1848 intact in large part because the middle & lower middle class around London overwhelmingly opposed revolution. On the day of the Chartist demonstration, 20,000 protestors showed up - policed by 85,000 volunteer constables.https://twitter.com/WattsBack/status/1266778424464625666 …
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Besides Louis Napoleon, also the former Prime Minister Robert Peel; William Gladstone; Richard Metternich; and half the House of Lords. All under the nominal command of Wellington.https://twitter.com/WattsBack/status/1266779695397384194 …
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Guess we’ll have to start a war then
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I doubt you can find pretty much any correlation re the one you just stated—that’s just polemic without citation because none exist. Pacifists didn’t support the Civil War.
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Like who? Who is defending the riots?
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So, what you're saying is, we should unite and invade Canada... for the good of the Union?
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Seems to me like the fella got charged after two days of protest. Doubt that would have happened otherwise. I’d say the property destruction did a pretty quick job of convincing city officials they couldn’t get away with ignoring this incident
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Pee pee poo poo
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