
Once upon a time, everyone ate cake, according to Marie Antoinette. Or so it was said.


Many historians believe that she never said 'Let them eat cake.' when she saw the multitude of hungry peasants ready to storm the palace- representing a whole social class of citizens who didn't even have bread to eat. But what if it's true? What if she did say that? Cluelessness served on fine porcelain? Could she have even fathomed hunger? Was she capable of comprehending what it meant to be living in squalor and barely surviving?
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