• GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    I believe it originated from a saying like (paraphrased) ”if we are so poor that we starve then all that is left to eat are the rich"

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      7 months ago

      It’s probably from the Marie Antoinette days… ‘let them eat cake? Motherfucker, I’m going to eat you!!!’. you know, that kind of thing.