LET THEM EAT CAKE

“Let them eat cake,” is the response attributed to Queen Marie Antoinette when informed that her subjects had no bread to eat.  To better appreciate the meaning of that remark, in French the word translated as “cake” is brioche, which is highly enriched bread made with egg and butter. The point of the Queen’s retort is that she was oblivious to the plight of the famine-ravaged peasantry. If they had no bread, they surely would not have any brioche to eat. 

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