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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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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And one of those constables was Louis Napoleon!
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That’s largely because Great Britain was much more liberal than the rest of Europe. They’d had Revolutions, wars, German speaking, and incompetent kings in the past that got em there
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You misunderstand why white supremacists are rioting in black communities. https://twitter.com/Selena_Adera/status/1266707305158017029?s=19 …
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It wasn’t because the middle and lower class opposed revolution. That’s just a post-facto rationalization. It was because the British state was strong, and the British state was ready https://www.amazon.com/1848-Year-Revolution-Mike-Rapport/dp/0465020674 …
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Adolphe Thiers was the only 19th century French leader to ever deal effectively with the Parisian mob, which violently convulsed French society and toppled governments over three generations. After Thiers suppressed the Communards in 1871, the mob never rose up in violence again.
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“Revolution”? But according to your earlier tweets, 1848 was just one big riot—so which was it?
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I want to know what produced such a remarkable people. That belief and commitment to civility -- where did it come from?
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Britain survived intact because it was already one of the most liberal and democratic countries in Europe.
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