The saying is "eat the rich" because "kill the rich" would get you banned from social media, yet eat implies cannibalism and is thus more offensive.
The saying is "eat the rich" because "kill the rich" would get you banned from social media, yet eat implies cannibalism and is thus more offensive.
Not a social media thing. The original quote goes:
Rousseau, who was also one of the people, said: ‘When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.’