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The Proto-Communists that would inspire Marx and Lenin.
Usurped power during the first french republic and unleashed the first red terror.
The Jacobins were known for creating a strong government that operated through fear to wage war, spread republican ideals and surpress economic chaos, and internal rebellion, through what became known as the red terror.

This also included establishing the world's first universal military draft as a solution to filling army ranks to put down civil unrest and prosecute war, by declaring war on Austria and Prussia.
by Valentinian The Germless July 15, 2022
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