Sparks can start a prairie fire, and revolution can be contagious, especially in France, a land dense with revolutionary thought.
Napoleon IV had swallowed the bitter fruit of concessions to the consortium, having originally thought that with the support of the consortium, his rule would become more consolidated, yet reality developed in the opposite direction.
It was proved that capital needs to be restrained. Once unshackled, capital becomes voracious.
In accordance with the agreement with the consortium, the French government surrendered the economy to the market, no longer intervening in commodity prices.
Undoubtedly, this was the culprit behind the surge in the cost of living in France.
Against a global backdrop of overcapacity, the fact that prices were still able to skyrocket spoke volumes.
In the Palace of Versailles, Napoleon IV sat there with a somber expression, motionless. The successive domestic rebellions plunged him into self-doubt.
