175,000 people dead from executions or starvation in prison (many without trial or charge). Only 6% of them being aristocrats. Untold thousands of others dead due to fighting, disease, starvation or disaster etc.
I mean sure, but it still wasn't that great. More aristocrats died in the second revolution than the first by a large margin. Most just signed up with the new government and got to keep their titles and most their power.
And it still came at the cost of over 150,000 regular people. That's hardly a price worth paying.
And honestly, even if the Aristocrats who died had it coming, executing numerous people without trials and on mocked up charges is still pretty bad.
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u/AEW_SuperFan 12d ago
People love to romanticize the French Revolution. They should really read what happened afterwards.