In the American Revolution, the Patriots were battling what they felt was an occupying force, the British. All or most of the Patriots considered themselves "Americans" not British. They were born here, their children were born here so they were actually fighting to achieve power over their own homeland and the British were an invading force.
The French Revolution was a revolution against the excesses of the ruling class and the monarchy. It really started out as a kind of a mob mentality and grew into a true revolution. It was extremely violent with some aristocrats actually being torn apart by the mobs and of course, we're all familiar with the guillotine. It was extremely savage in the treatment of the royal family. Even the royal children were victims of extreme abuse and finally death in some cases. And this revolution lasted for many years in terms of the final structure of the government.
I'm an American and I love this country but sometimes the foolishness we allow ourselves to be dragged into is unbearable. We run around and work like dogs just to keep our heads above water and if you take a two week vacation you're considered a slacker because no one should want to be away from the office for that long. Where in France, people are more concerned with quali...
The French Revolution was a revolution against the excesses of the ruling class and the monarchy. It really started out as a kind of a mob mentality and grew into a true revolution. It was extremely violent with some aristocrats actually being torn apart by the mobs and of course, we're all familiar with the guillotine. It was extremely savage in the treatment of the royal family. Even the royal children were victims of extreme abuse and finally death in some cases. And this revolution lasted for many years in terms of the final structure of the government.
I'm an American and I love this country but sometimes the foolishness we allow ourselves to be dragged into is unbearable. We run around and work like dogs just to keep our heads above water and if you take a two week vacation you're considered a slacker because no one should want to be away from the office for that long. Where in France, people are more concerned with quali...
In the American Revolution, the Patriots were battling what they felt was an occupying force, the British. All or most of the Patriots considered themselves "Americans" not British. They were born here, their children were born here so they were actually fighting to achieve power over their own homeland and the British were an invading force.
The French Revolution was a revolution against the excesses of the ruling class and the monarchy. It really started out as a kind of a mob mentality and grew into a true revolution. It was extremely violent with some aristocrats actually being torn apart by the mobs and of course, we're all familiar with the guillotine. It was extremely savage in the treatment of the royal family. Even the royal children were victims of extreme abuse and finally death in some cases. And this revolution lasted for many years in terms of the final structure of the government.
I'm an American and I love this country but sometimes the foolishness we allow ourselves to be dragged into is unbearable. We run around and work like dogs just to keep our heads above water and if you take a two week vacation you're considered a slacker because no one should want to be away from the office for that long. Where in France, people are more concerned with quality of life, family, entertainment, the joys of life, not just the jobs, salary, who's getting ahead etc. I think the French enjoy life much more than today's Americans. We ought to take a lesson from them.
(more)The French Revolution was a revolution against the excesses of the ruling class and the monarchy. It really started out as a kind of a mob mentality and grew into a true revolution. It was extremely violent with some aristocrats actually being torn apart by the mobs and of course, we're all familiar with the guillotine. It was extremely savage in the treatment of the royal family. Even the royal children were victims of extreme abuse and finally death in some cases. And this revolution lasted for many years in terms of the final structure of the government.
I'm an American and I love this country but sometimes the foolishness we allow ourselves to be dragged into is unbearable. We run around and work like dogs just to keep our heads above water and if you take a two week vacation you're considered a slacker because no one should want to be away from the office for that long. Where in France, people are more concerned with quality of life, family, entertainment, the joys of life, not just the jobs, salary, who's getting ahead etc. I think the French enjoy life much more than today's Americans. We ought to take a lesson from them.
But these days I would live in France if given the choice in a heartbeat.
The French Revolution was a bloodbath in which they devoured their own. Neither was it that successful - there's a reason the current government is called "The Fifth Republic".
In French Revolution
De l'audace, et encore de l'audace, et toujours de l'audace!
i.e. Boldness, and again boldness, and always boldness![ speech to the Legislative Committee of General Defence, 2 September 1792, in Le Moniteur 4 September 1792; cf. Bacon 42:12; Georges Jacques Danton French revolutionary]
I like Switzerland's thing were their young men and women spend a year or two in the army and are in reserve till they are 30. That way everyone would have a min of training.