Should Mexico attack, Taylor and his men were to strike back as hard as possible.

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The state could strike back with unparalleled savagery against those people who got in the way, and that's what happened at the commune, in the Paris Commune.

但它竟也可以以空前野蛮的步伐倒退,就为了对抗那些阻碍了他们的人们,这就是在公社时期所发生的,巴黎公社时期

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