He basically facilitated mass murder… Most people will feel good when such a person is killed.
Murder of high level people has always been a very effective way for the lower classes to fight back when the elite has taken too much for themselves. It’s often the only way to affect change if the elite is corrupt enough.
The problem is it’s not good for stability which hurts the stock markets and the elites.
You despise the French revolution and thinks it should never have happened?