Every Revolution Eats Its Own — Part 3: Paris, 1794 (FINALE) #history

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The line that names this whole series belongs to a Frenchman. In 1793, Pierre Vergniaud — a leader of the Girondins — warned that his revolution would devour its own children. Three days later, he was guillotined. Then Robespierre purged the moderates. Then the radicals. Then his own friends — Danton and Desmoulins. By July, the Convention turned on him. He tried to shoot himself, shattered his jaw, and rode to the same guillotine he had turned into a machine — his jaw wrapped in a bloody bandage. Before the blade fell, the executioner ripped it off. He screamed. Iran, Moscow, Paris. Three regimes. Three centuries. One pattern. Some scenes are cinematic reconstructions of documented events. All quotes, dates, and sources are historically verified.