They were attempting to combat monopolies in order to end the continuing shortage of food in Paris. This is because there was an idea that profiteers were manipulating the marketplace by charging abnormally high prices of grain. Therefore the committee of public safety passed the decree against profiteers.
Im not sure if i have this correct, but, around 1990, communist nationalists in Russia kidnapped Mikeal Gorbichav. This caused Boris Yeltsin to be put into power. With his power, he then dissolved the Soviet Union, and liberated eastern europe. He then saved Gorbichav, but by then, Gorbichav was out of powerless. Now, the Soviet Union is called the Russian Federation, and had adopted free trade.
Another way your question could be framed is “why do nations use imperialism on weaker countries?” and the simple answer is there are several motives such as ethnocentric purposes, religion, access to natural resources, expanding power, etc. Specifically people resort to imperialism on weaker countries because they are vulnerable to accept whatever helps the people survive in times of unrest.
<span>opposed ERA, focused on social, cultural, and moral problems, opposed gevernment paying for daycare</span>
