It went badly for everyone, including the people hoarding all the cake.
Few invoking the French Revolution think it'd be good. I'd just like to avoid a repeat.
Replying with these stupid "I am right no matter what" types of arguments never convinces people to your side. You don't come off as smart. You come off as mentally ill.
This would sting more if the poster posting it thought the Census hadn’t heard of retirement accounts.
Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars
by ThrowawayR2 on Sunday June 14, 2026 @10:06PM
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A 21st century repeat would accomplish even less. Global air travel is effortless and moving wealth across borders is done electronically.
It went rather badly for the revolutionaries: the vast majority of the nobility escaped, most of those executed were commoners, Robespierre himself was guillotined (nice own goal there) as a result of political infighting, and the First Republic gave way in only 10 years to the reign of Napoleon as emperor.
Those who invoke the French Revolution of 1789 are self-identifying as future failures. For pity's sake, at least use a historical example that lasted longer.