Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kufanana naFourier nevazhinji vevateveri vake, Renaud akaona mafomu ezvematongerwo enyika sechipiri kusangano rezvemagariro nehupfumi. Kunyange zvakadaro, akagamuchira kugadzwa kweRepublic yeChipiri muna 1848
, vachiona republic sechimiro chezvematongerwe enyika chinonyatsopindirana nemitemo yeFourierist. Haana kuita basa rakatanhamara muzviitiko zvematongerwe enyika zvenguva yeshanduko ya1848-49, asi akanga ari mutori wenhau akatanhamara, achisimudzira dzidziso yake ye'kubatana kwemuviri' mupepanhau rake, mabhuku uye hurukuro. Kumuka kwaLouis Bonaparte kwakaguma nokuiswa mutorongo kana kuti kudzingwa kwavazhinji vavaRenaud vaaishanda navo mune zvematongerwe enyika. Zvisinei, Renaud akaramba akasununguka muFrance uye akatosvika pakukudzwa mubasa rake rechiuto, zvichida nemhaka yokupindira kwake mune zvematongerwe enyika. Akaramba akatendeka kunheyo dzake dzeshanduko kusvikira kumugumo, achishora masimba masimba echimurenga eCommune yeParis ya1871 uye masimba masimba ayo maCommunards akadzvinyirirwa nawo. Sezviri pachena akafira paEpinal pana 6 January 1874, kunyange zvazvo mamwe manyuko achiti 1873.