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Parisian Labor Conditions and Poverty
- Most Parisian manufacturers were small, employing two or fewer workers, creating decentralized and drudgerous working conditions.
- Good wages still barely kept workers above poverty, with many vulnerable to unemployment and alcoholism.
Governmental Control Over Paris
- Napoleon III's government feared the politicized Parisian masses and avoided unifying the city politically.
- Central Paris was polished for elites while threats of unrest drove poor workers to the outskirts.
Blanquists' Vanguard Revolution
- The Blanquists, led by Louis Auguste Blanqui, believed a small vanguard of revolutionaries must overthrow the state for social equality.
- Blanqui rejected mass worker uprisings as too uneducated to succeed.