the men and the women who rose up to slay their social betters.

人们揭竿而起去打倒上层社会阶级
Well, of course, that's not the case,

当然了这只是个传说而已
that's a sort of a myth for the French Revolution as well.

这也是关于法国大革命的一个传说罢了
And then you had you had your basic republican interpretation

共和党人的说法则是
that said they were defending the Republic

他们在保卫共和政体
against this sort of monarchy to be restored,

防止王朝复辟
and that certainly is part of that as well;

这是也是另一种传说而已
but, it also had its socialist component and Marx,

但它也有其社会主义属性还有马克思
for Marx this was terribly important and for Lenin it was as well.

这对于马克思列宁而言相当有意义
It seemed to be Armageddon for the ruling classes,

这对于统治阶级无疑是世界末日
but it seemed to be that here was this proletariat--

而对于无产阶级来说...
even though Marx got that all wrong,

尽管马克思全搞错了定义