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"Have a duty to shareholders to maximize profits" musk is scurd. (slrpnk.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 212 points 2 years ago (3 children)

prolly the wrong climate to be openly admitting profits are more important than peoples lives.

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  • [–] 98 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    A real "let them eat cake" moment.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I've heard that phrase my whole life and only looked it up now because of your comment. For anyone else that's curious:

    "Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche",[1] said to have been spoken in the 18th century by "a great princess" upon being told that the peasants had no bread.

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    The quote is taken to reflect either the princess's frivolous disregard for the starving peasants or her poor understanding of their plight.

    ~ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_them_eat_cake

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I had a history teacher who claimed that French bakers at the time called the layers of dough that were left on the bottom of the ovens and had to be scraped off periodically “cake” and that is what Marie Antoinette was referring to when she said “let them eat cake.” So it was just as heartless, but maybe less comically out of touch.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    The one sentence the poster you responded left out:

    The phrase "let them eat cake" is conventionally attributed to Marie Antoinette, although there is no evidence that she ever uttered it, and it is now generally regarded as a journalistic cliché.

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  • [+] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    He's too high profile. Too many people watching him at all times. An assassin would have a hard time getting to him I would think.

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