Quote Originally Posted by TheBoarzHeadBoy View Post
They botched the shit out of it by executing the aristocrats and anyone deemed a threat to the state (when they could just as easily confiscated their property and remove titles) which turned into a bloodbath which allowed Napoleon to seize power and waste thousands and thousands of lives in expansionary wars which did nothing longterm but restructure Europe to pave the way for the world wars to follow.
No, the Terror allowed the Revolution to be completely established, and if Napoleon took power, it was because of the thermidorians who executed Robespierre and ended the executions of aristocrats to just execute their political ennemies (not that robespierre wasn't doing it also but it was mostly to keep the Revolution going), and made the Directoire, which led to napoleon seizing power.