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They are artisans, craftsmen, day laborers,
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domestic servants; they are the people who were left.
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And, what they were trying to do
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was imagine a new world which would be less centralized;
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but, for the socialists, they wanted more centralization.
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So, it was a very complex, complex period indeed.
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But it reflects the artisinal base
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that was still part of the French economy,
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for sure, with the emphasis on skilled production of handbags,
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and of gloves, and of finely crafted tables.
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The cabinet makers were always terribly important
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in the French Revolution, and they still are,