There is a slim form of consolation in the knowledge that the Jacobins themselves also ended up “liquidated”.
After all, the celebration of murder has no obvious rational conclusion.
The socialism of the grave awaits us all.
I’m not surprised that you put it as “slim form of consolation.” The Duc D’Orleans son did eventually ascend to the thrown of France as Louis-Philippe I (1830-1848), meaning that old reprobate’s aim was fulfilled. Too bad the pikes didn’t have a longer reach.