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[–] hallettj@leminal.space 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

For a moment I thought the lower image was from Les Misérables which would be a fitting singing tie-in. It would also be fitting because Bastille Day is coming up on Monday.

Les Misérables depicts the June Rebellion which took place a month before the 43rd anniversary of Bastille Day. That would have been prominent in the minds of the people rebelling. Bastille Day is still celebrated as a critical point in the French Revolution when protesters stormed a detention center to free people who had been detained without due process.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Technically, the 14th of July (which you call bastille day) commemorates the Fête de la Fédération .

And the military parade is a reminder that the army eventually sided with the people.

It all got a bit muddled by pop culture.

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 1 points 1 day ago

Ah, good clarification. Thanks!

[–] milkisklim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

When they stormed the castle, the only ones there were the four common counterfeiters, two mentally ill men, and a count who had been imprisoned at the request of his family.

It wasn't really the infamous prison any more but a local jail/asylum.

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, but it's the thought that counts. The Bastille had a history of being the place the government disappeared people to. Some of those were nobles who were treated very well. Others were regular people who were... not given the noble treatment.

From what I understand Parisians didn't know how much the prison population had dwindled. Either way, the Bastille was a symbol of oppression.

Now tbf the people doing the storming were motivated to get in to grab the gunpowder that had been hoarded inside. But the unjust detentions were a part of it too.

[–] milkisklim@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I am not disagreeing, just that it was more symbolic than liberating. I just finished reading Mike Duncan's biography on Lafayette and he goes into the causes and perceptions of the Revolution. Lafayette was eventually given a key to the Bastille that he passed on to Washington

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Oh neat! Most of what I know is my recollections from the Revolutions podcast. I haven't read Citizen Lafayette yet

[–] milkisklim@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

It's pretty good! Duncan gets to be very narrow since he doesn't have to skip between all the factions, but you get the highlights since Lafayette was almost always there whenever Destiny occurs.

It's about 18 hour IIRC in audiobook format for that classic podcast feel.

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been meaning to make a meme, but I'm too lazy to find the stills. Remember when Book gets a field commission? He says "Aye aye!" before Burnham corrects him, saying "One aye. We're not pirates." Then I think about half of the SNW cast say "Aye aye" at some point or other.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Doesn't Scotty say aye aye all of the time?

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Not always, sometimes he says

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[–] hallettj@leminal.space 2 points 23 hours ago

Because he's a pirate! That's why he should be in a meme with an eye patch