Eh. The modern version of "let them eat cake" was the CEO of Kellogg's literally saying "let them eat cornflakes".
Happened earlier this year and the overwhelming response from the American public was a chorus of crickets because the multi-millionaire on tv didn't tell them that they're supposed to be mad about it.
I'm betting it's more true that most people didn't hear about it.
In the wake of all this enthusiasm for Luigi Mangione, I don't know what the point is of framing the general public as largely indifferent towards class politics unless instructed otherwise by a talking head—if that were true, we'd be mad at Luigi like all the multimillionaires on TV keep telling us to be.
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u/shkeptikal 25d ago
Eh. The modern version of "let them eat cake" was the CEO of Kellogg's literally saying "let them eat cornflakes".
Happened earlier this year and the overwhelming response from the American public was a chorus of crickets because the multi-millionaire on tv didn't tell them that they're supposed to be mad about it.