In both cases tyrannical rule was overthrown. But, in the case of the French it was done with no regard for authority of any kind. The consequences were the guillotine, the Jacobins, and atrocities against thousands of innocent men, women, and children who committed no crime. The green books are looked upon with ridicule or as archaic, irrelevant texts. Our profession is in a very difficult situation.
Chiropractors tend to be anti-establishment types who find it easy to reject authority.
However, authority eventually comes. We as a profession must choose. We can continue in our anarchical ways and wait for the federal government, the insurance companies, or someone else to assume tyrannical power. Or we can recognize the need for a seat of authority and go about establishing it. They have, needless to say, been unsuccessful.