Re: "Starter Villain" by John Scalzi

On 5/10/25 10:00, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

Well, IIRC, the French solved that problem a while back.
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Perhaps we can borrow Madame La Guillotine from them for a while ...

 Doesn't work.  At least it didn't work for the French.  They killed all
the royals, then within a short time established new royals.  It happens
far too often...  the Russians did the same thing in 1917....
--scott

I think you will find that the French while certainly executing their Royals were more interested in the corrupt and exploitave Aristocracy.
Yes things changed and the new Royals were displaced by a
a more egalitarian government eventually.

  In 1917 the Bolshivics (who were not) having seized power from the Menshovics the more democratic movement took the time to execute the Russian ruling family. Then Stalin after Lenin's death took over killing his opponents, such as Trosky whereever they might be and whatever
good they might be doing.
But unlike in France Stalin established a Fascist regime though
he called it Communism. And like our own current administration he tried
to turn the Russina naiton and the States of the Soviet Union upside down.
bliss