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ooli  ·  4447 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: Does the national anthem of your country reflect the country nowadays?

It was written when France was at war with Europe. Something about cutting every kings and queens heads (French Revolution, therefor the "citizen" in the anthem)

You know first time the military was done by everyday man (conscript), so you had to give them awesome motivational music to die for.