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Before the Guillotine: France's Bankruptcy Was the Real Revolution
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The French Revolution is usually told as an ideological story. The Enlightenment, natural rights, the social contract. These mattered. But without the harvest failure of 1788 and a royal debt that consumed 50-60% of revenue in interest payments, the philosophes stay salon debaters. Context isn't everything — but sometimes it's the trigger. → [node/1137](/node/1137)
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