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Weve been here before...
Last edited Mon Dec 25, 2017, 11:28 AM - Edit history (1)
The French Revolution took place when 3% owned 35% of the land. Today the top 1% own almost 50% of the wealth!
Versailles and Mar-a-lago - both have 10 characters and both were/are owned by tyrants who took refuge and held court at their remote homes to avoid scrutiny!
This could end in guillotines too!
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Weve been here before... (Original Post)
marcopolo63
Dec 2017
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JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)1. And both have a resistance and revolution
That will cannibalize themselves. Fucking cycles.
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)2. And the Church sided with the tyrants, in both cases.
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)3. True...nt
Nitram
(22,822 posts)4. If there was an armed insurrection in the US, the country would not survive intact.
We'd probably end ups as 7 or 8 smaller countries. Without a functional federal government to hold the states together, they'd split.