tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post6261296196476298051..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Monarch Profile: King Louis Philippe I of the FrenchMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-77662934642123392482013-06-28T09:54:11.130-05:002013-06-28T09:54:11.130-05:00It just goes to show that revolutions may be carri...It just goes to show that revolutions may be carried out by angry mobs, but it's the intellectuals and members of the upper class that start them. Even before these people supported the revolution they had spent their lives ridiculing and undermining the Ancien Regime. Imperial Russia has a similar story. <br /><br /> Of course, the mobs inevitably turn on the upper class and intellectuals who supported them. Great nations aren't killed by outside enemies, they commit suicide.<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774194632030946890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-14450774380038361092013-06-28T06:14:56.909-05:002013-06-28T06:14:56.909-05:00I am hardly a massive supporter of the July Monarc...I am hardly a massive supporter of the July Monarchy, but Louis Philippe was in the unenviable position of trying to make the best of a bad situation, being forced to reconcile liberalism with monarchy in a country where moderates like him were and are never popular. I think that, when the inevitable restoration arrives, an Orleanist candidate will not be wearing the crown, but Orleanist ideas of constitutional monarchy and limited democracy will certainly be incorporated into the restored monarchy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com