
09-09-2009, 05:50 AM
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“... The people can eat cake ...”, “... the creak of the tumbrils ...”
Aha! With the allusions to Marie Antoinette and the carts used to carry condemned prisoners to their place of execution, the scene is set and the analogy made between the current economic situation and the French Revolution, with the implicit “do as we say, or you will be murdered.”
Permit me a moment to don the appropriate costume ...
Oui Messieurs, parce que plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
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