Frightening Parallels between Revolutionary France and Modern America
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9 min readMay 4, 2024
There are some frightening similarities between 21st century America and 18th century France just before the French Revolution.
For example, 18th century France was a military superpower with the world’s most powerful army like modern America. Moreover, 18th century France had the world’s most sophisticated culture. Pre-revolutionary France was the home of the Enlightenment and some of the world’s greatest writers and philosophers. For example, Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.