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What do you think Voltaire meant by the phrase grow fat on their blood?
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Voltaire likely meant that those in power were benefiting from the suffering and exploitation of others, gaining wealth and influence while the oppressed were being harmed or killed. It can be interpreted as a criticism of the greed and selfishness of the ruling class at the expense of the common people.
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