I am not surprised (but do pay attention) when progressives are characterized with analogies to the French Revolution.
“The Clintons, like the Bourbons before the French Revolution, have ensconced themselves in such a bubble of operative and media sycophancy that they’ve mistakenly viewed escalating distress and legitimate demands from citizens as mere noise. Sanders voters are taking their cue from Talleyrand, the statesman who navigated the Revolution and the turbulent 50 years that followed with remarkable success: ‘I have never abandoned a party before it abandoned itself.’”
— Yves Smith (aka Susan Webber) 6/1/16