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Fight the Power

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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Why Did Lafayette Die?

Lafayette's reputation in the united states is one kind of unbroken success. In france his record is much more mixed, both in terms of what he was trying to accomplish and whether or not he was actually able to accomplish it. He tried to create essentially a constitutional monarchy with a bill of rights, failed and was overtaken by more radical republicans who then chased him out of the french revolution,. The french continue to argue with themselves about the french revolution for the next 200 years. And everything that's gone wrong in modernity can be traced back to the french revolution.

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