>>48986622I'm not going to defend the Commitee of Public Safety, though it's arguable the reign of terror saved the revolution.
Absolutism was a terrible form of government when your monarch was useless.
The church and nobles paying little to no taxes in a time of gross economic mismanagement and famine lead to a perfect storm which culminated in the revolution.
The revolution spread across Europe and lead to the modern nation states we have today.
Genuinely curious about the negative cultural impacts you're talking about.
