This is actually sad

  • Spacehooks@reddthat.com
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    I mean they did try and there was a whole war about. Problem was there were all forgiven in an attempt to " heal the country"

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      And we learned the hard, 150 year lesson that you can’t heal the country with active Traitors in the neighborhood. They will only poison the system, and keep it from being successful.

      The French did it right, and made some strong examples of people, and taught the wealthy and powerful that they serve at the pleasure of the CITIZENS. The problem with the current crop of Sociopathic Oligarchs is that they don’t believe that we’ll ever break loose, and they also believe that if we did, their bunkers would protect them.

      We are strongly socialized to obey the law, and behave within societal norms, but the wealthy are beating on that with a sledgehammer, and eventually it will collapse. When the Dam of Society finally breaks, it will break terrible, just like during the French Revolution, and not only will the Oligarchs lose, so will their entire bloodlines.

      They would be very wise to negotiate a settlement before it gets that far. They will lose a LOT of their fortunes, but they will still have more than enough to live opulently, just not enough to be an existential threat to the entire planet.

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        The French did it right

        Stupid fucking ahistorical nonsense. The French had a bloodbath that resulted in a dictatorship and then a return of the monarchy. That’s “doing it right” only if you’re a dumbasss.

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          And yet a lot of entitled, untouchable, wealthy sosiopaths still lost their heads, and it has stood as a very real warning to rich shitheads ever since.