Quote Originally Posted by Meneldil View Post
lolwut ?

While Louis XVI was actually a decent king, and probably did not deserve to be shortened the way he was, his familly was on a general basis and by all accounts, a bunch of inbred morons responsible for most of the wars that plagued Europe for centuries.
If anything, the Restauration (1815-1830) shown us that the royal family was nothing but a lot of idiots.

I mean, you can admire the Sun King's military and political achievements. That doesn't change the fact he caused thousands of deaths. He probably killed as many people as Napoleon, yet he did not bring with him the ideas of equality, freedom and republic.
And I'm not even talking about Louis XVIII, Charles X, and the rest of the gang.

So yeah, I'm glad we got rid of them all. I'd take Napoleon or Robespierre over any of them at any time.
Both Napoleon and Robespierre were dictators. Napoleon was also an absolute monarchist. How are they better? Just because they aren't Caputs?