Paine Vs. burke
By Nash Hale
The ongoing debate between the esteemed thinkers Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke has finally been able to reach a conclusion. With correlation to the mass bloodshed and pure chaos the French Revolution has spurted, it seems evident that Burke has come out on top. Paine argues that change is essential and that tradition should in no way influence a people’s decisions, which have the rightful duty to change a government whenever they deem it necessary. Well, as proved in the French Revolution, that simply doesn’t work. The French Rebels, terrorists one may say, tried to change an entire generation’s philosophies overnight. And this non-adherence to tradition resulted in one thing, not more natural rights, not happier citizens, but instability. And the only way to maintain stability - is to not change tradition! Is it really that hard? These idiotic rebels tried to change what has worked for years and years, and this is their consequence. This is exactly what Burke had predicted. These individuals, whom tried to change generations of tradition overnight, reeked havoc and chaos across the nation they were trying to amend. We, as humans, will never be able to, nor do we have the right to interpret the meaning of change by throwing tradition to the wind. And for the rebels leading the French revolution well lets just say they are going to learn that the hard way.
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