COunter-claim argument
Competing View:The revolution took too many lives and did not accomplish enough change to justify the violence. It also served as a dangerous “model for other even more bloodier revolutions of the 20th centuries that saw the murder of hundred of millions.” (The French Revolution and It’s Failure)
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refute:Before the revolution, the country was in a catastrophic state, and needed reform. If it had been left to itself, the people would have starved to death, and the nobles would have continued to force the country into an even deeper debt. The deaths of the revolution were an absolutely necessary part of the change, which ultimately strengthened the nation, and benefited its entire population. It’s effect on the revolutions of other nations was not negative, since violence in the name of change was not original to the French revolution, and also ultimately benefited other countries, like Haiti. This refute can be backed by Machiavelli's quote, "The ends justify the means." This quote in context to the French revolution symbolizes that the process of the revolution (violence) is acceptable as the end result (reformation of society) was achieved.
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