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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
by throwawayq3423 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
- amazingamazing 2y agoNeat, how about something from this century? And the French Revolution is more complicated than rich people getting richer.
- ks2048 2y agoI don’t think we’re real close to a “French revolution”, but an executed CEO today could be a symptom of the situation. (Of course, we don’t know the motive yet. But just the online discourse around it is telling).
- amazingamazing 2y ago[flagged]
- ks2048 2y agoTo follow-up on my comment of “online discourse” about this: the Facebook post from the company (…deeply saddened…) has 20.6K laugh emojis vs ~4k in sympathy related)
- throwawayq3423 2y agoGo to South Africa and tell me if it feels safe. Specifically the rich areas.
- amazingamazing 2y agoFunny you say that - I was just in Johannesburg- which neighborhoods are you referring to?
- throwawayq3423 2y agoI didn't go to Johannesburg because my friend had gotten car jacked the week before. In my 4 months in cape town I was the only member of my friend group that didn't get mugged (most with guns). But Clifton and Camps Bay were super nice. One late night I made a sandwich for the security guard my friend's neighborhood had to hire to stand outside with a kalashankof at night, he was grateful. Compare that to other more poor African nations, there isn't 1/1000 the tension in the air as there is in SA. The reason for that is the extreme difference in wealth tied to racial tensions.