On the 14th of July in 1789, a crowd of nearly one thousand protesters stormed the Bastille in Paris, France, a major event in the French Revolution, commemorated annually as “Bastille Day”.
In the months running up to the uprising, the people of France were facing a dire economic crisis, food shortage, and increased militarization of Paris on orders of King Louis XVI. The Bastille was an armory and prison, perceived by many as a symbol of royal authority in the city.
On the morning of July 14th, a crowd of approximately one thousand people surrounded the Bastille, calling for the surrender of the prison, the removal of its cannon, and the release of the arms and gunpowder stored there.
After negotiations stalled, the crowd surged into the courtyard of the Bastille and were fired upon by troops in the garrison. In the carnage that followed, ninety-eight protesters and one defender of the Bastille were killed.
Governor Marquis de Launay, fearing his troops could not hold out, capitulated to the crowd and opened up the Bastille doors. He was captured and dragged towards the Hôtel de Ville in a storm of abuse. While the crowd debated his fate, the badly beaten Launay shouted “Enough! Let me die!”, kicked a pastry cook in the groin, and was then promptly stabbed to death.
As news of the successful seizure of the Bastille spread throughout the country, revolutionaries established parallel structures of power for government and militias for civic protection, burned deeds of property, and in some cases attacked wealthy landlords.
King Louis XVI first learned of the storming the next morning through the Duke of La Rochefoucauld. “Is it a revolt?” asked the King. The duke replied: “No sire, it’s not a revolt; it’s a revolution.”
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i think it’d would have been cooler if he got shot in the fuckin head
This guy right here
he rules
Huge hero, white guy who took the cause of abolition seriously and was willing to put his life on the line for slaves, didn’t think of himself as above them like some high minded burden but respected them as equals (the point of Harper’s Ferry was to arm black slaves so they could free themselves like they already were on a smaller scale).
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Only good (well known) white guy in the entire civil war?
Fascinating
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Speechless. America deserves Trump
This genre of post is fascinating bc like do they think this is comparable or are they drawing a comparison to make a point? Idk.
Prices at the grocery store continue to rise by fifty cents to several dollars now and then. Nothing gets cheaper, ever. They’re charging $10 or more for store-brand 450g frozen pizzas now, damn.
We keep incorporating fresh ingredients, stirfry and curry and stuff, treats have long (since Covid) been unaffordable but lots of other stuff is going up. Fucking oats are rising in price, maaaan.
Hoodies should NOT have plastic things for the caps on the stringy bit that goes through the hood they should be metal because if it’s plastic I CHEW through them lile a fucked up human GERBIL
TrueAnnon went to the wrong Trump ralley
the would be assassin putting down his npr tote and picking up a rifle after hearing john oliver’s segment on the sinclair broadcasting group
Can’t wait to find out the attempted assassin is like an apolitical white guy who is one of like a handful of people not to have a strong opinion for trump, and had completely incomprehensible reasons for it.
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LFG
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Many people are saying it
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90% of presidential assassins stop right before they score a hit.
reposting my vegan coconut curry from yesterday cause none of yall commented and i’m offended
So you all are just nice, are on my side politically, and sometimes kind of funny???
Y-you doing anything later?
sometimes kind of
Is there a dating comm? I mean that seriously. Just by virtue of being on this site, people have already passed the two big hurdles for me: being at least somewhat leftist politically, and being queer-friendly.
Probably not because it’s bad opsec.
A very good point. Tragic, isn’t it? So many of us are looking for certain qualities in potential partners that we know they’ll have by simple virtue of posting here, but so many of us also need to be extremely careful about not linking our political opinions/activism to our real-world identities.
If we wanted to make something work, it would ideally not link our faces/names to any specific Lemmy/Hexbear account. Something like a shared Google doc.
There was, it lasted for a single day before being shut down.
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Maybe all Dark Souls characters do goofy little laughs at the end of their sentences because they are shy and nervous to be talking to you
Gwyndolin
Miquella
…I’m sure there’s others besides the femboys
I’m harvesting souls to give to Quelaag so maybe she will hopefully say yes when I ask her to prom <3
There’s something here, this is gonna be bigger than Bloodborn Kart
Consider it liked and subscribed, kickstarted, early accessed
Blaidd invited me to the festival for our first date.