• RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The guillotine was mostly used after the revolution, to kill political opponents of the ruling party that took over. More of an animal farm type deal than a revolution.

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      9 months ago

      This is the sort of pedantry that keeps me coming back to Lemmy.