Comment by JumpCrisscross
5 months ago
> self corrects with pitchforks. Does no one read history anymore?
The elites after the French Revolution were not only mostly the same as before, they escaped with so much money and wealth that it’s actually debated if they increased their wealth share through the chaos [1].
Like, in the country today, which wealth constituency is most pushing for overthrowing our republic?
And a few of them, of course, lost their heads.
> a few of them, of course, lost their heads
A few of them were always losing their heads. That is the nature of violent elite competition.