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The French Revolution's internal factions reflect conflicting economic interests inside the middle class, not a unified people moving with one interest.
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The French Revolution's internal factions reflect conflicting economic interests inside the middle class, not a unified people moving with one interest.
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European royal families can be related and still kill one another because they are participants in a game where only one faction can win status and political survival.
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Civil wars between princes are really conflicts between political factions, with sons or princes serving as figureheads for groups striving for power.
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Divide and rule works by balancing natural factions so local actors depend on imperial authority for stability.
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"mechanism to press for more rights in the national assembly because it's made up of most of the members of the middle class you..."
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"...also emerge the Cordeliers. And the Cordeliers represent a more extreme faction of the Jacobins who want universal suffrage. They want the proletariat to..."
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"Yeah, okay. So, that's a great question, okay? So, the big thing about the European nations is that even though they're divided, they are..."
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"...is, okay, this is really interesting, is they represent different political factions who are all striving for power, and the sons are just figureheads..."
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"The other must obey. And that's why, throughout history, so much violence has been between princes, okay? Who are striving for this top position...."
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"So what they do is the nobility strikes a deal with Cyrus the Great. And Cyrus the Great conquers Babylonia without doing anything. And..."
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"there are these natural factions who are in conflict with each other, and you're able to balance these factions, then they're relying on you..."
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