On this day in 1793 Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine after being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention.
On this day in 1793 Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine after being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention.
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A very bad day that caused so much instability and death.
I think there was one month, in which they executed around 30,000 people using the guillotine, absolutely insane.
We signed a treaty with a King whose head is now in a basket, Would you like to take it out and ask it?
Should we honor our treaty, King Louis’ head?’ ‘Uh… do whatever you want, I’m super dead,’
Not Louis XVI anymore, but merely the [citoyen Louis Capet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Louis_XVI).
Vive la république !
The French Revolution and the decades that followed (the Terror) are crazy history.
The way the billionaires are screwing everyone over together with the help of the political class, I don’t think we are many decades away from new revolutions.
Sic semper tyrannis
I’m not super read up on history. But I’d like to have this put in a bit more context. For anybody knowledgeable on the facts, how bad were the circumstances leading up to the guillotine solution, compared to the current times we live in? I mean, relatively speaking, how close are we in modern times to what drove the French to this solution?