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Bloodthirsty regimes, such as that of the French revolutionaries, easily succumb to power struggles and paranoia. The same pattern played out with the Bolshevik Revolution, in the 20th century. Stalin executed his own friends and allies, including Leon Trotsky, one of the two founders of the communist state, and when Beria took over, after Stalin, he was immediately assassinated because nobody in Russia trusted him. Many innocent people, along with many guilty people, were executed by the French Revolution. Antoine Lavoisier, recognized as the founder of the science of chemistry, was executed by the revolution, because he was a member of the nobility, and thus considered a class enemy. His death was far more tragic than that of Robespierre.

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