The tax burden was heavy, yes, but we have carried heavy loads before. The vote was what broke the cart. They would count the Third Estate—all of us—as equal to a single clergyman in his fine robes. That told us the burden was not just silver, but our very standing. In my village, when the headman will not even hear your name, you learn that the injustice is in the counting, not just the coin.
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