United States | News & Politics

7299 readers

465 users here now

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

800

The fact that there isn't a revolution happening in the US right now is crazy (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

95 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The tweet (and sources for the graph)

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] zarkanian 53 points 2 days ago (3 children)

France didn't have the sophisticated propaganda machine the US has.

permalink
fedilink
source
hideshow 4 child comments

[–] HenriVolney 8 points 2 days ago

One could argue that the Church had been extremely efficient at manufacturing consent for centuries. It was still the case for most of French society in the late 1780s. It also led to a civil war between Revolutionaries and traditionalists (including peasants).

permalink
fedilink
source
parent

load more comments (2 replies)