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5. How Do We Know What Left and Right Mean? Who’s who on the left and right: 1789-1917

WHAT IS POLITICS?

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The St. Culot and the French Revolution

The saint culot played a leading role in driving the revolution. They wanted things like direct democracy without representatives, he says. And they wanted price controls for basic staples, instead of having their survival be subject to market capriciousness. The debate inside the assembly was about whether or not the king would be able to assert a veto over decisions made by the elected assembly - which was the position of the right.

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