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« on: December 04, 2008, 12:21:43 AM »

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Хahar 🤔
Xahar
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2008, 01:27:06 AM »

I don't read Lord of the Rings, so I have no idea what this means.

If you want to get the reference, put down Tolkien and pick up De Tocqueville.

In short, Thermidor's the point where a movement ceases to be a radical force that actually changes society and settles down into a stage of sitting on what they already accomplished.  It's the point where society says, "enough!" to a movement.  It's a reference to the original Thermidor, the end of the radical phase of the French Revolution.

I think he knows that.
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