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I've heard the decline of the French Revolution's Enrages and Hebertists attributed to the climate of poisonous infighting but doesn't it also correlate to the ascendancy of merchant/artisan bourgeoisie? Did the up-and-comers redirect the revolution or simply rise up in the vacuum left by others?

by /u/bandswithgoats in /r/AskHistorians

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