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eat the rich
anticapitalist political motto; abbreviation of a saying attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"Eat the rich" is a political slogan associated with anti-capitalism and left-wing politics. The phrase is commonly attributed to political philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from a quote first popularized during the French Revolution: "When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich".
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