• Flic@mstdn.social
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      @tree_frog @RememberTheApollo_ high on their own supply, though. A lot of government regulation is there to make sure the plebs feel just happy *enough* that they don’t rise up. I’m not advocating anything, just to be clear, but if people have nothing to lose then they start… trying stuff. Wasn’t the final straw that started the French Revolution the price of bread?

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        Yeah, and the Great depression and the following new deal was largely about this too.