CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTrump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americanswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down15
arrow-up1285arrow-down1external-linkTrump hosts awards party for tech billionaires, almost as if he doesn’t care about ordinary Americanswww.theguardian.comCharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squareSunflier@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 days agoI swear, with stuff like this, I expect the words “let them eat cake” to come out of his mouth when the peasantry marches to his home to ask for bread. I mean, this is reminiscent of the meeting of the Estates General just before the French Revolution, where the rich and powerful handed themselves awards and benefits while burdening the workers with the crushing debt that the rich and powerful created.
I swear, with stuff like this, I expect the words “let them eat cake” to come out of his mouth when the peasantry marches to his home to ask for bread. I mean, this is reminiscent of the meeting of the Estates General just before the French Revolution, where the rich and powerful handed themselves awards and benefits while burdening the workers with the crushing debt that the rich and powerful created.