The story of 1848 is that liberals almost got snookered into letting leftists ride their movement into power until conservatives saved Europe and brought about one of Europe's longest peaceful epochs.https://twitter.com/binarybits/status/1003723796518498305 …
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Look liberalism is the bomb and I totally cheer for Team Liberalism throughout history! But guys when we get to Russia in the 1920s we see what happens when the revolutionary left wins.
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Or France in the early 1790s. "Actually history would be better with more demagogues riding the passion of the mob to power" is actually not a good take.
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Do I cheer for Metternich? No. But as soon as it became clear that liberals lacked any durable constituency, there was only 1 option left for a peaceful Europe: conservatives.
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Also yes I know 1848 gave rise to wars of German unification. But the wars of German/Italian unification were way less protracted and bloody than a second wave of revolutionary warfare would have been.
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AS AN ADDENDUM: I knew the Crimean War was in the 1850s. I had no clue it had ~800,000 casualties. In my head it was a much smaller-scale absurdity. However, it is not clear to me that different leadership in e.g. Austria or Italy or Germany would have prevented it?
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Replying to @lymanstoneky
Sounds like you really know your 19th century European history! Glad you shared your insights with us
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Replying to @Trillburne @lymanstoneky
Personally I feel like the ANZAC intervention in Crimea is an underrated turning point in the war, what say you gents?
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Replying to @dwdavison9318 @lymanstoneky
yes, but it was a foregone conclusion once NATO decided it would intervene to contain Soviet aggression against the Tatars
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Replying to @Trillburne @dwdavison9318
Unclear your point? There is no anachronism in my tweet? I'm well aware those countries weren't involved: hence why the success or failure of 1848 revolutions wouldn't have mattered for the Crimean War?
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he is a jacobin. he wants you dead and himself in charge. don't give him time of day.
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