Coldplay was on the iTunes Festival in Austin, which of course brought up the recent split between frontman Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow. Which itself was nearly overshadowed by an interview which reeks of "Let them eat cake."
Not that this is the first time she's done this.
One possible direction to go from here: As Marie Antoinette is often associated with that phrase, in the context of the French Revolution, is this sort of disconnect an indicator of a Fourth Turning? Going down that path, it turns out that there was an emperor of China (1800 years ago) who was reputed to have said something similar.
An ancient Chinese emperor who, being told that his subjects didn't have enough rice to eat, replied, 'Why don't they eat meat?Evidently, Emperor Hui was developmentally disabled, and was supported (more-or-less) by regents throughout his reign. This opened the door on a period that was so confusing it could easily be a Second Turning. However, reviewing it again, it seems more likely to have been a Fourth: In a 17 year reign, there were 9 regents - one every two years on average, but since one was there for 9 years (his wife Empress Jia Nanfeng), it was more like one per year - sometimes two. And almost every time the regent changed, there was a new war to go with it.
If you want to justify making the world fall apart, of course, it's helpful to have someone clueless (preferably a Reactive) to blame for it.
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