> How did it not go well for the avg person?

You might want to look at the etymology of the word “terrorism” (despite the most popular current use, it wasn't coined for non-state violence) and what class suffered the most in terms of both judicial and non-judicial violent deaths during the revolutionary period.

Yeah, I am aware of how the word revolved evolved. I don’t find terrorism necessarily a bad thing. Though I’m not as revolutionary as before.