july

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Nuance is the first thing to go when the masses stir up

I think of The Cultural Revolution decade in China (1966-76) and how the Cultural Revolution shaped modern day China, I think of Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793) and his role in French Revolution / Montagnard faction and death

(H/t @gilles recent cast about Kintsugi)

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Babeuf is so much more interesting though. He wasn't a member of the establishment, but rather a true believer who gained social power through writing alone was executed with members of the convention anyway by what was by then a cynical, centrist Directory. It's safe to say Marat would have been executed with him.