"Versailles on the Potomac"

von LePenseur

 

 

In einigen der jüngsten Veröffentlichungen auf diesem Blog, seien es Videos oder Artikel, wurde bereits auf einen Artikel von Col. (ret.) Douglas Macgregor, PhD hingewiesen, den dieser unter dem obigen Titel im American Conservative veröffentlicht hat. Eine in der Tat höchst interessante und augenöffnende Lektüre, die uns da geboten wird:

From the vantage point of 21st-century Washington, DC, the French Revolution of 1789 may seem a distant historical event. Yet its lessons remain profoundly relevant. Even astute contemporaries like Benjamin Franklin and Frederick the Great failed to foresee the upheaval that would reshape France and the world. This oversight reminds us that revolutions often arise from complex, sometimes subtle, social dynamics — chief among them, widespread public indignation toward a ruling class perceived as decadent, disconnected, and unaccountable.

In 1789, much of the revolutionary fervor targeted the French aristocracy, whose ostentatious wealth and moral failings were widely known and resented. Pamphlets and clandestine journals exposed not only their personal vices but also the dire state of national finances — a crushing debt burden largely incurred by extravagant spending and costly foreign wars, including support for the American Revolution.

Today, Americans confront their own anxieties about elite power and accountability. The scandal surrounding Jeffrey Epstein did not end with his death in a federal jail cell; it metastasized. The unsealed flight logs, the controversial 2008 plea deal, and the inexplicable leniency shown by successive administrations suggest a bipartisan protection racket shielding a network that spans Clintonworld, Silicon Valley, and Mar-a-Lago, as investigative journalist Julie K. Brown has documented.

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Deshalb unsere Einladung an die geneigten Leser, den ganzen Artikel zu lesen — es lohnt sich wirklich jede Minute, die man damit verbringt!

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Hinweis: Weitere lesenswerte Artikel von Douglas Macgregor bei The American Conservative finden Sie hier.