> "You might look at history for how the "let them eat cake" approach goes."

It went rather badly for the revolutionaries: the vast majority of the nobility escaped, most of those executed were commoners, Robespierre himself was guillotined (nice own goal there) as a result of political infighting, and the First Republic gave way in only 10 years to the reign of Napoleon as emperor.

Those who invoke the French Revolution of 1789 are self-identifying as future failures. For pity's sake, at least use a historical example that lasted longer.

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ceejayoz 3 hours ago | parent [-]

It went badly for everyone, including the people hoarding all the cake.

Few invoking the French Revolution think it'd be good. I'd just like to avoid a repeat.

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ThrowawayR2 27 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

A 21st century repeat would accomplish even less. Global air travel is effortless and moving wealth across borders is done electronically.

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hparadiz an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Replying with these stupid "I am right no matter what" types of arguments never convinces people to your side. You don't come off as smart. You come off as mentally ill.

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ceejayoz 15 minutes ago | parent [-]

This would sting more if the poster posting it thought the Census hadn’t heard of retirement accounts.

	▲	hparadiz 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I am sure the PHP dev from Rochester NY is the arbiter of truth on how the Census measures income. Maybe if you were working more instead of posting so much on HN you wouldn't be having these financial issues. You already live in one of the highest taxed states in the country and it's still not enough. I am entirely not surprised. If you actually put your money where your mouth was you'd be making 200k in NYC right now but instead you wanna live in the middle of no where and run your mouth while begging for the government to bail you out. I was literally in NYC two weeks ago. It was awesome. I'm sure if you tried you can easily find a high paying job. Please stop asking us to subsidize your life choices.