If the Opulent Minority has to be sacrificed in order for the country to move forward, and the Opulent Minority is the lamb, then I guess the populous is going

If the Opulent Minority has to be sacrificed in order for the country to move forward, and the Opulent Minority is the lamb, then I guess the populous is going to have lamb for lunch. This is why king Luis XIV was "Shortened a little bit". (Apologies to Alan Sherman).