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let them buy houses
Nov. 16th, 2015 12:20 pm"The peasants have no bread."
"Let them eat cake!" (brioche)
Marie Antoinette didn't actually say that. The story spread because people were so worried about bread, which was the staple food. You might well spend 50% of your income on buying bread.
We were talking about this, and Kit said that the modern equivalent would be:
"Minister, the people say rents are too high."
"Well, they should just buy houses!"
"Let them eat cake!" (brioche)
Marie Antoinette didn't actually say that. The story spread because people were so worried about bread, which was the staple food. You might well spend 50% of your income on buying bread.
We were talking about this, and Kit said that the modern equivalent would be:
"Minister, the people say rents are too high."
"Well, they should just buy houses!"
