Doug Casey's International Man Upon being told that the people had no bread, Marie Antoinette reportedly responded, “let them eat cake.”
These infamous words were a stark illustration of the French elite’s careless indifference to the plight of ordinary people. Moreover, they likely fueled the anger that sparked a revolution that overturned the French ruling system.
Had Marie Antoinette not been so out of touch, she might have had a better choice of words….
like, what’s that in the road–ahead?