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merrily

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81. I don't get it.

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Original post)

Sat Aug 2, 2014, 12:43 AM

Aug 2014

The OP is a humorous warning to today's rich that today's poor might not remain willing to be fucked over indefinitely; and many posts on this thread start go all Napoleon on the OP's ass.

Miss the point much? Anyway, was life under Napoleon really that much worse than life under the profligate French monarchs? What's the bottom line of that? That the French should not have revolted, just kept starving so the royal court could live in luxury. And what does any of that have to do with us today anyway?

Y'all do get that the OP has no time machine and is talking to the our rich today, not to Louis XVI, right? And it was intended to make us smile, not to run out and make Napoleon our head of state, right?

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So I just created this bumper sticker� [View all] Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 OP

France: 1789 - Maybe they got it right? onehandle Jul 2014 #1

After their revolution they choose to have an Emperor rule them. rhett o rick Aug 2014 #58

Yes. They fucked right straight up. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #72

Peaceful people can't win a violent revolution w/o the help of a tyrant. nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #73

There are clearly some plutocrats hifiguy Aug 2014 #61

That'd be too easy on them. I would sentence them to 10 years working at McDonald's for min wage.nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #75

I would buy that. The historian in me is laughing, Madame DeFarge-like. nt msanthrope Jul 2014 #2

I'll wait for the follow-up bumper sticker BKH70041 Jul 2014 #3

I am not now, and never have, suggested that we ought to emulate the French style Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #6

Be Careful What You Ask For BKH70041 Jul 2014 #12

You are saying no to violent revolution, and no to nonviolent resistance? Hissyspit Jul 2014 #21

I await, along with you Hissyspit... ReRe Jul 2014 #24

Yes, flip flop they do, young Padawan. NealK Aug 2014 #77

........ daleanime Aug 2014 #45

Our own revolution was not about re-distributing wealth, either. Or John Hancock merrily Aug 2014 #78

The rich stayed rich in the new US as well. Or, if they lost their money, it was because merrily Aug 2014 #79

Lets not forget Robespierre.... paleotn Jul 2014 #31

(We've already had Bush and the Reign of Error.........FWIW) lastlib Aug 2014 #57

Whoosh, right over the heads of 90% of the American populus NightWatcher Jul 2014 #4

30% of them are lost anyway. Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #7

Nah, "Don't Eat The Rich. Eat Their Children" DinahMoeHum Jul 2014 #23

Before their children eat your children. merrily Aug 2014 #80

Yep. Us poor folks are tough and stringy. hifiguy Aug 2014 #62

The French CEO Severance Package alterfurz Jul 2014 #5

That is great!!!! kairos12 Jul 2014 #18

Off with his head!!!.... paleotn Jul 2014 #28

It worked for France! Hubert Flottz Aug 2014 #55

Bravo! LOL! hifiguy Aug 2014 #63

Heads on a pike... countryjake Jul 2014 #8

... TBF Jul 2014 #9

One day the Tea Baggers might wake up as to how they are fucked over and used ... RKP5637 Jul 2014 #10

I want that. BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2014 #11

LOL kairos12 Jul 2014 #17

... BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #22

Blanche, if that doesn't deserve a DUzy hifiguy Aug 2014 #64

Lolol! BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2014 #69

I want one!!! emsimon33 Jul 2014 #13

Me Too! Chasstev365 Jul 2014 #20

Are you selling? oldandhappy Jul 2014 #14

I want one too! Greybnk48 Jul 2014 #15

I will attach it to the back of my Tumbrel Cart. kairos12 Jul 2014 #16

DUzy! riqster Aug 2014 #33

Thread Win! nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #40

The collective answer is that if there is demand, I'll get more made & sell them. Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #19

Not very complicated homegirl Aug 2014 #59

Less subtle bumper sticker jonjensen Jul 2014 #25

Or a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders. hifiguy Aug 2014 #65

I like it - it's like this ad seen in recent months in an NYC subway car: LiberalElite Jul 2014 #26

That must have been lying around in my unconscious for a while-- Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #56

That's priceless, Jackpine ReRe Jul 2014 #27

I like it. nt Sarah Ibarruri Jul 2014 #29

I'll see your bumper sticker and raise you 90-percent Jul 2014 #30

What is an un-corrupt sociopath? Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #32

One that is broke? riqster Aug 2014 #34

Hahahah! loudsue Aug 2014 #47

No, that would be a DESPERATE sociopath, likely driven Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #52

Or an unsuccessfully corrupt one. :-) riqster Aug 2014 #53

that's excellent, I like it. 2banon Aug 2014 #50

Dat's a good one! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #74

TL;DR MineralMan Aug 2014 #35

SAS;LF Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #36

I'm completely stumped at that one. MineralMan Aug 2014 #38

Short Attention Span; Lost Focus Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #39

I like it. MineralMan Aug 2014 #41

I had to Google TL;DR, btw. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #42

I know. It's weird how much the language has MineralMan Aug 2014 #43

The acronyms are enough to make you crazy-- Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #49

When you line me up against the wall, please aim for the head... brooklynite Aug 2014 #37

It's not mere wealth that makes an aristocrat. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #46

"The proletariate" doesn't exist in the US brooklynite Aug 2014 #48

Yeah, yeah. Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #51

That Steinbeck quote is one of the wisest things hifiguy Aug 2014 #66

That Steinbeck quote is embarrassingly accurate. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #68

never saw it coming ! padruig Aug 2014 #44

I love it! Hubert Flottz Aug 2014 #54

Hahahahahahaha! DeSwiss Aug 2014 #60

Perfect. "Poor old Marat, the people call ...... we want out revolution, and we want it NOW!" marble falls Aug 2014 #67

It goes well with my long standing SIG Line, Jackpine ! RagAss Aug 2014 #70

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #71

Lol, K&R! NealK Aug 2014 #76

I don't get it. merrily Aug 2014 #81