Rec
😃
maybe it’s just my toxic trait but it is genuinely really satisfying learning about people I disagree with. most recently felt this while visiting la conciergerie and seeing the section on Robespierre last week. obviously, the French ppl were right to overthrow the monarch, and I also feel like American text books never get into the fact that this revolution was really two revolutions within a few years, because the first revolutionary government was crazy. Robespierre was in charge of propagand, and his work (guillotining people) was an act of national security and public health.
I think he genuinely viewed terror as necessary for good, which is just so fascimating. I disagree a lot, but it’s so much fun to daydream about what an Interview may have been like.
I think he genuinely viewed terror as necessary for good, which is just so fascimating. I disagree a lot, but it’s so much fun to daydream about what an Interview may have been like.
Jun 6, 2025
Related Recs
Rec
🕴Mayors are universally the most insane people on the planet. I’m obsessed with learning about them and their bizarre fiefdoms
Rec
🌐Like so many people, I never cared for history. It was always just a bunch of dates, cause-and-effect relationships, and names I had to memorize last minute before an exam. Now that I’m so many years separated from all that, I’ve finally found that I’m entering the pro-history phase of my life. I mean, it’s just so interesting. There’s such finite details available about everything, and sooo many different little niches with tons of resources equally as available as the obvious stuff. oh and it’s true, which is both terrifying and cool.
Feb 1, 2022
Rec
📔so fun to read academic articles and see just how petty the authors are - i feel like academic writing gets a bad rep for being boring (which it often is) but it can also be so fun to see academics tearing each other to pieces in a sophisticated way - this came up bc i have to write a paper on the differences between sociology and history (or if i don't think there are any) and sociologist straight up said that historians don't know anything about history
Oct 16, 2024
Top Recs from @Jfktwigs
Rec
lowk live for the click clack sound. love being in a different place with cool hair.
Rec
Something about hearing ppl having a good time while cooking and then enjoying a meal with them..., AH