THERE were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror—that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves.

  • polinoas235 [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I feel like a lot of drama could be avoided if breadtubers would be at least somewhat honest. Like Contra admits she doesn't actually believe that a restructuring of the classes is possible. She jokes at the start with the "am I rich" thing, but like, yeah, she lives in one of the wealthiest areas on the planet, comes from a wealthy family and pulls in more money each month than most working class families do in a year.

    So the stuff like her sympathizing more with Marie Antoinette than the peasants makes a lot of sense, but all this crap is wrapped in so much faux radicalism and psychoanalysis it throws people for a loop.

    • quarantine_man [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Like Contra admits she doesn’t actually believe that a restructuring of the classes is possible.

      what does she mean by that?

      • polinoas235 [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        She rejects the idea that there could be a revolutionary change that upends the existing ruling class and instead thinks the best that can be done is incremental reforms. aka she's a pretty bog standard liberal.