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paleotn

(22,885 posts)
8. Louise XIV tried that. Didn't work.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:26 PM
11 hrs ago

And a lot of other plutocrates before and since. Eventually, people discover they can't kill all of us. When the cops and military rank and file begin joining their fellow citizens, heads end up on spikes. Sometimes even without that. I have not sorrow for them. Piss off enough people and they get what they deserve.

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