• @minnow@lemmy.world
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    184 days ago

    The modern concepts of conservative and liberal are born out of the French Revolution. Conservatives were the monarchists, and they still are.

    • @aesthelete@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      It’s absurd that Trump watches Les Miserables at the Kennedy center when he’s politically aligned with the monarchists.

    • Tony BarkOP
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      53 days ago

      Explains why the French Revolution often feels romanticized.