The Committee of Public Safety was a group of appointed revolutionaries in the provisional government of 1793 France. The committee was charged with defending the nation against foreign and domestic enemies. The CPS was responsible for the arrest and trial during the infamous Reign of Terror. Eventually that the CPS is estimated to have executed 17,000 people including King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette. To me as an English speaker “The Committee of Public Safety” sounds totally innocuous.
by infinite_peach
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They took “Defend France” to a whole new level
Robespierre mentioned 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🇫🇷🇫🇷
Absolutely no organizations named “the committee of public safety” have any kind of goodwill at all
The Committee of Public Safety sounds like an HOA, then you read what they did and they definitely sound like an HOA
Committee of public safety is a really weird translation (yet official) of « comité de salut publique » It’s hard to translate it in English as « salut publique » is very rare to use in French, but would translate more to « committee of public salvation » more literally.