Guest Post by Jeff Thomas
France, 1788. Russia, 1916. Germany, 1937.
These dates have something in common. In France in 1788, political conditions had been getting questionable, but there was no apparent need to panic. That came the following year, with the sudden outbreak of the French Revolution. From that point on, it was dangerous even to go out in the streets of Paris. So many people had become enraged, that even if you were not a member of the aristocracy, you could easily become collateral damage.
And so, it would have been wise if, in 1788, you had decided to pack your bags and remove yourself from the epicentre of what was developing.
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