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The Republic Is In Peril — Jack A. Goldstone

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The Rise and Fall of Louis the 16th

LZ Granderson: Louis the 16th didn't see that as the population was changing and the structure of the economy was changing, the way government function had to change. He says because he couldn't get that change through the system in a peaceful manner, it ended up breaking through in a violent and revolutionary manner. LZ: I don't expect there to be mass uprisings due to hunger because we have food stamps. But they were saying the same kind of thing that the crowd in Paris was saying, we don't believe in the system anymore. We're willing to fight to take it into our own hands.

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