What was Europe's "Soft Underbelly" and what did it mean to torch it? Who wanted to do this?

Magna carta was originally intended to protect the rights of  the nobles

The question of what caused the full effects of the radical stage, also called the second french revolution by some historians, which shook the political and social reforms in france have caught the attention of many scholars, particularly because of principles implemented during this stage which is contradictory to the fundamental principle of the french revolution itself, by using dictatorship to create equality.

To create an industrial workforce.