Why did the French people love to hate Marie Antoinette as the French Revolution went on?

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ErzherzogKarl

Hello, Have a look at a past answer [here] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/54ub4v/how_guilty_was_marie_antoinette_how_did_foreign/d86ckx2/), which narrates on the Austrophobia found in France, as represented by Marie Antoinette.

To the French people, Maria Antoinette represented the ascendancy of the Habsburg Monarchy, the erstwhile enemy of France, and the descent of France in the European power system.