r/politics • u/huffpost ✔ HuffPost • 29d ago

No Paywall Trump Official Bluntly Tells Americans To Change Their Diet If Beef Prices Are Too High

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brooke-rollins-beef-prices-trump_n_6ab29ecfe4b085277b53a8d0?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=us_main
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u/MoulanRougeFae 29d ago edited 29d ago

Do these people not know their history? Food shortage and expense is what kicked the French revolution from an angry simmer to an all out explosion of anger. It is what was basically the straw that broke that donkey's back. They are flirting awfully close to that outcome... I mean the weath disparity is wider now than during that revolution. And flippant, shitty comments like that will definitely set anger brewing in a lot of folks right now.

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u/Economy_Aardvark_354 28d ago

As much as food price increases suck, we are nowhere near people straight up revolting like that. People still can eat for the most part, they’re just replacing more expensive items with less expensive items. Unless people end up actually not being able to buy even stuff like rice and beans, practically no one will put their life or their family’s life on the line for a revolution