James Edward Lee Sr. Poet Dramatic Verse

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1.  Privileged classes are unsympathetic or unaware of the plight of the poor.

- Madame, the peasants have no bread to eat.

LET THEM EAT CAKE-

 Privileged classes are unsympathetic or unaware of the plight of the poor;
Their pride, prejudice and hate;

- Madame so am I the peasants have no bread to eat.

"Question, so them if I am poor
And have not moneys, for bread?
And the rich then so says…
“Let me eat cake”
It’s not logical?
For if mere breads cost .25 cents---
How can it be you’ll offer throw at me cake?
Which cost more than two-dollars??"


Question?---
What does let them eat cake mean slang?
The entire point of the phrase is that someone is so out of touch with reality/regular people that their response to "There's a shortage of bread" is to say "Well then, they should eat cake instead", as if that's a sensible solution
 When in History does this apply?
1789
1970
2023
Always!  present, future, tense



11/15/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2023©

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