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Uncle Joe

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7. An excellent article, and one thing about human nature: is its' consistency.

Sun Dec 14, 2025, 12:28 PM

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The historian Robert Darnton described an uncannily similar moment in “The Revolutionary Temper: Paris 1748-1789,” his brilliant 2023 account of the decades leading up to the French Revolution. The preconditions were all there: suffocating top-down control of the media, rapid technological change, let-them-eat-cake behavior among the courtier class, weaponized religious bigotry, mansions with hideously de trop ballrooms. OK, Marjorie Taylor Greene is not quite Voltaire. But there was a pedophilia scandal involving Louis XV: Public obsession with the king’s many mistresses helped give rise to so-called libelles, cheaply printed, semi-factual pamphlets that speculated on, among other matters, the king’s supposed never-ending supply of teenage girls. It would have fit right in on TikTok. Reverence turned to mockery; mockery begot contempt; and then …

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The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV [View all] dalton99a Dec 14 OP

Hmmm... surfered Dec 14 #1

+1 leftstreet Dec 14 #2

Simple and effective - it is still a deterrent dalton99a Dec 14 #4

There's supposed to be a basket in front of the machine. I'd like to see the basket, with 3Hotdogs Dec 14 #14

A basket won't work in this case jmowreader Dec 14 #50

They'll just hop on their private jets and fly to New Zealand Auggie Dec 14 #20

Piano wire would also work. Borogove Dec 14 #51

Billionaires used magats, and it's their turn to profit (even more) insanely. usonian Dec 14 #3

Vance Is A Problem 2na fisherman Dec 14 #11

Vance is more dangerous than we realize duckworth969 Dec 14 #35

JD isn't one of them ... he's just a useful toadie FakeNoose Dec 14 #30

Trump has opened our eyes to our Wealth Class. pwb Dec 14 #5

Their greed and thirst for control is insatiable. dalton99a Dec 14 #6

I wonder if wealth is no longer the goal. Now it's depopulation so they don't have to see us anymore. erronis Dec 14 #8

The problem with that plan, it's proletariat taxes that pay for this shit. 3Hotdogs Dec 14 #15

Don't need no stinking taxes. No populace: no welfare, no DoD, no federal programs. erronis Dec 14 #18

They'll have to have some of the people they so detest radical noodle Dec 14 #28

See my reply #27 below. Justice matters. Dec 14 #36

Their plan is to get rid of the poor, the workers, and the non-white: Justice matters. Dec 14 #27

erronis popsdenver Dec 14 #33

Actually, Eloon is a massive pro-natalist Envirogal Dec 14 #46

they won't kill is all rampartd Dec 14 #52

An excellent article, and one thing about human nature: is its' consistency. Uncle Joe Dec 14 #7

Thanks for that reference. Looks like a fascinating read. The Guardian Review: erronis Dec 14 #9

And the guillotines in the Place de la Revolution were the other side of the consistency of human nature. NT Ol Janx Spirit Dec 14 #10

I believe that's a possibility, but not a certainty, we have two distinct advantages over the French Uncle Joe Dec 14 #16

Sorry, yes, I was not suggesting actual guillotines.... I was only saying that... Ol Janx Spirit Dec 14 #22

I hope so as well Ol Janx Spirit Uncle Joe Dec 14 #23

That is one thing i actually do not worry about. Ol Janx Spirit Dec 14 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author EmmaLee E Dec 14 #43

The only thing we as a people have learned from history EmmaLee E Dec 14 #44

We learn from history, it's just that everyone doesn't learn at once. Uncle Joe Dec 14 #48

Thanks. Found book at my library, and now on hold for me. txwhitedove Dec 14 #19

The new Shakespeare: lastlib Dec 14 #12

A NY Times writer JustAnotherGen Dec 14 #13

The difficulty of getting rid of billionaire maggots is that the lower class maggots all believe they 3Hotdogs Dec 14 #17

Another problem is that too many people still think the rule of law will save the day. Efilroft Sul Dec 14 #24

Come on small pox. Do your thing! progressoid Dec 14 #21

Let Me Know When It's Louis VI. ColoringFool Dec 14 #25

Elon was such an asshole about the whole thing, now he can't understand why people yell at him in public Walleye Dec 14 #26

They bet against the house. They're going to lose. Initech Dec 14 #29

I guess the rest of us should start building tumbrils... n/t TygrBright Dec 14 #31

And convinced millions of idiots to blame impoverished immigrants instead IronLionZion Dec 14 #32

+1 dalton99a Dec 14 #34

It's the same playbook as directing attention to nickels spent on "Welfare" and "Food Stamps" underpants Dec 14 #40

Feeling French? Blue Full Moon Dec 14 #38

K&R orangecrush Dec 14 #39

It's not too long until they decide what to do with all the "useless eaters" underpants Dec 14 #41

This is a must read. Joinfortmill Dec 14 #42

A handful of sociopathic greedheads are no match for the masses. valleyrogue Dec 14 #45

Nick Hanauer had somethings to say about this RetiredParatrooper Dec 14 #47

Yes. Although it's not just tax policies, or Citizens United; snot Dec 14 #49

Torches and Pitchforks OC375 Dec 14 #53