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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 May 2020

      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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    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 May 2020

      What brought change to Europe? Not riots. In some cases, war; in others (Britain), peaceful political processes. Civil disorder, however, ended only in dismal failure.

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    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 May 2020

      Many of the same people who always say "war never solved anything" are the ones claiming that riots work or can be justified. The reality of history, however, is that riots almost never work unless they become wars or enlist government force in their cause.

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    4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 May 2020

      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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    5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 May 2020

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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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    6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 May 2020

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Mumpsimus ⚓️ 🇵🇹

      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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      Mumpsimus ⚓️ 🇵🇹 @WattsBack
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      1848 is a historical lesson that is often forgotten. I’ve always found most interesting the juxtaposition of the UK’s experience with that of the continent. I think your analysis is spot on.
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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 May 2020

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Mumpsimus ⚓️ 🇵🇹

      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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      Mumpsimus ⚓️ 🇵🇹 @WattsBack
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      And one of those constables was Louis Napoleon!
      10:24 AM - 30 May 2020
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        1. Josh Offenhartz‏ @Johartz 30 May 2020
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          Also fWIW there was a conservative counter-revolution that swiftly pushed back on the 48 revolutions in Germany, France, Austria, etc.

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        1. MrQuaverley‏ @MrQuaverley 30 May 2020
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          ??? Wellington died in 1830.

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