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[–] AdventureSpoon@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Napoleon wasnt all that bad of a choice to back though. His decisions did a lot of lasting good.

Having backed Robespierre though must have made a lot of people feel really silly about themselves.

[–] copium@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Napoléon certainly got a lot more people killed than Robespierre.

He was a military genius but the battle he fought still had a lot of blood from French and other. Millions of dead for nothing but some little man glory.

Only 30 000 died because of the terror