MudkipologyThe 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.
bemenakerEat the rich existed long before social media
TIL, but I still think it took off in the social media era in place of other phrases because it doesn’t directly suggest violence.
Kalkaline en.wikipedia.org/…/Eat_the_Rich_(Aerosmith_song)?… older than social media, it’s like saying “groovy” got popular because of influencers.