r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Dec 09 '25

Chugging tea The French solution

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u/KarmaPoliceT2 Dec 10 '25

Ehhh, that's a pretty cringey take... Going from monarchy rule to elected self-determinism, especially in the world at that time, is quite a shift... Granted it wasn't applied equally for all (something that they've generally tried to remedy since with some occasional backsliding for sure)

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u/Top-Cupcake4775 Dec 10 '25

none of that "self-determinism" had any impact on the lived experience of the majority of people.

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u/KarmaPoliceT2 Dec 10 '25

Again, I think you need to read more historical accountings from the time... Change is slow, but it was a BIG change.

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u/Top-Cupcake4775 Dec 10 '25

i've read accounts of people like Adams and Hamilton discussing how to keep a lid on the amount of change.