• chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    “Oh no! Our livelihood was reliant entirely on a group of oligarchs making up the rules as they go. The last time this went bad they started talking about cake and cutting off heads.”

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      why do americans constantly compare themselves to the french revolution?

      you are simply too fat, too sedated and too divided to do a revolution against the oligarchs

      • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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        Its important to note that off the top of my head only two European nations experienced a successful revolution against wealthy elites. Germanic and Hispanic nations didn’t experience a revolution, with some follow on effects that some argue helped precipitate the world wars. The UK had Cromwell but I don’t know if that really counts.