More like one of the peasants becomes one of the lords by selling other peasants overpriced supplements, then when someone calls them a traitor to the revolt, they reply with memes like this.
But even today, until we had a new class of mega-rich, let’s call them Billionaires - the nuevo-riche were always quick to be thrown under the bus by old money.
Now the power dynamic has shifted, but the billies will still, and do, chuck millionaire cronies to the crowds if it means avoiding responsibility and comeuppance.
More like one of the peasants becomes one of the lords by selling other peasants overpriced supplements, then when someone calls them a traitor to the revolt, they reply with memes like this.
Sadly/Unsurprisingly no-one goes from peasant to lord, short of being family of Jean of Arc.
I don’t think there’s another case of peasant to upper nobility in a single generation.
There are many such cases under capitalism, which this meme is meant to be satirizing
Well post 1893, sure.
But even today, until we had a new class of mega-rich, let’s call them Billionaires - the nuevo-riche were always quick to be thrown under the bus by old money.
Now the power dynamic has shifted, but the billies will still, and do, chuck millionaire cronies to the crowds if it means avoiding responsibility and comeuppance.