... to control every aspect of it. The political policies passed by him were oppressive and unjust. Robespierre was indeed a murderous political despot and hypocrite in his own right. The social policies were distressing and the need to be a total dictator of the country brought Robespierre to extreme means to gain his power. Commencing with his economic control of the prices and inflations, which ruined French people's chances at any acceptable living standard where they could not afford to even feed their family. Jacobins were willing to enforce general control of the prices and supplies, which eventually emerged in the Maximum Law of September 29, 1793.( Rude 40 )2 Robespierre was convinced that the riots that occurred (because of the food shortages) were provoked by aristocratic elements, he did not see that in reality people were starving in Paris and in the countryside. Robespierre continually stole food from poor ...

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