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Perhaps The French Revolution was illegitimate and the royal family should be ruling France right now.....


Well, the French Revolution certainly was illegitimate in that it was “not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules“.

And it’s one of the best things that ever happened in human history.




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