The more things change, the more they stay the same.

November 12, 2009 at 12:11 pm | Posted in Economy, Historical, politics straight up | Leave a comment
Tags: 1789, France, labor movement, politics

Print shows a nobleman dressed as a knight and a bishop standing on either side of a globe which is resting on the shoulders of a member of the Third Estate, indicating that the burden of supporting the state was borne largely by the peasantry. France : 1789 (Library of Congress)