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It strikes me that the wealthy are worshipping wealth like it is god. The French in the 1700,s got fed up and responded to the evil of excessive wealth. What is that expression? karma is a bitch
CrispyQ
(40,969 posts)0rganism
(25,642 posts)Frankly, I'm not sure it was ever really docked for boarding -- just riding the tide on the edge of the harbor.
Oh well, looks like the love of money brings down yet another civilization. This time our successors may well be memetic rather than genetic. What value will the AIs place on human riches?
Jim__
(15,222 posts)He tried to borrow the money from his rich aristocratic friends, but they said no. Then he asked them to let him raise their taxes temporarily so he could recover financially, but they said no. So, he had to call for a meeting of the Estates General. And then all hell broke loose.
Trump and his friends could easily step over the line.