002 — EAT DA RICH

On day jobs, apathy — and the strange, class struggle of trying to save the cultural heritage of people who don’t care to save it themselves.

On the railway sidings as you slide out of Paddington towards Wembley, this graffiti hits you in the eyeballs.

The words are about ten feet high.

Can’t snap quick enough so this is from Reddit — r/Graffiti u/bobisagirl.

These are the words of Rousseau, attributed to him by Chaumette, the leader of the Paris Commune during a Reign of Terror speech in 1793.

Back then, it was a message for the guillotine-bound aristocrats.

“Quand le peuple n'aura plus rien à manger, il mangera le riche.”

(When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.)

Here, it’s a message for the commuter class, slinking homewards from Paddington.

In which I count myself a reluctant member.