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American Forests and the French Revolution
1146 sats \ 8 comments \ @kr 3 Dec BooksAndArticles
This is definitely the most interesting theory I've heard for what caused the French Revolution.
I have no idea to what degree this is actually true, but it's worth thinking about what kinds of seemingly benign changes are happening in the world today that are unconsciously pushing us towards conflict.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 18h
You can make all kinds of these broad-strokes connections. Real fun, actually, and not entirely implausible either:
https://joakimbook.blogspot.com/2017/02/how-scotland-caused-american-revolution.html
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr OP 18h freebie
Interesting!
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 22h
Words are not facts so it s hard to verify. Who wrote History at that time ? It s a brief sentesis, no ?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 23h
A different take:
Child abuse and the French Revolution: https://freedomain.locals.com/upost/6415544/stefan-molyneux-12-hours-on-the-french-revolution
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DEADBEEF 3 Dec
I love learning about these kinds of theories!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 3 Dec
Very interesting for sure, but one of the biggest sins I see historians commit is that they easily jump from a plausible theoretical connection to definitive statement, without fully ruling out alternative explanations or conducting a quantitative analysis of all relevant factors.
Partly, it's because they are unable to. But also partly, because detailed analysis doesn't sell.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr OP 3 Dec freebie
Good point
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 3 Dec
big butterfly effect vibes
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