[general1465]

But that also assume that peasants do not have agency and won't trigger another French Revolution.

[wolvesechoes]

> But that also assume that peasants do not have agency and won't trigger another French Revolution

Look at the median age of French society during the French Revolution and the current one.

Who is going to trigger another French revolution? Old people coughing their lung out?

[bluecheese452]

They may they may not. The nobility has learned a lot in the past 200+ years. Powerful propaganda machines, powerful weaponry, and a small group of loyalists have proven extremely effective at controlling large populations.

[archagon]

They won’t say it in public, but I imagine they’re betting on swarms of automated slaughterbots protecting them when things truly go to shit.