How does depotism apply to the french revolution?

Answer 1

Despotism is reflected by the cruel and oppressive measures taken by an absolute dictator/monarch. However, in terms of the French Revolution, King Louis XVI did not take up such measures, and was not a despot in the sense that he oppressed the people. The people only perceived him to be a despot because of several "wrong" decisions that he made. This included the incident when he exiled the Paris parlements to Troyes when they refused to pass Calonne's tax reforms.

The people also feared ministerial despotism.

Answer 2

The progressive thinker of the time, Jean-Jacques. Rousseau proposed that everyone is essentially equal. He called for a balance between rich and poor and wanted to protect the interests of small producers. Voltaire, the main leader of the French Enlightenment, put forward the political views against feudal despotism and the materialist views of deism, he opposed superstition in religion and the despotism of the feudal system, he advocated freedom and equality, and strongly attacked the theories of those fools. He enlightened the minds of the people, made them progressive in their thinking, freed them from the shackles of the church, and this had a wide impact on French society.