According to legend, this was said by Marie Antoinette upon hearing that the peasants had no bread. While scholars think she didn't ever say this, the phrase is an indication of ignorance or a callous joke. Cake is more expensive than bread, so if the peasants had no bread, they certainly had no cake. No reasonable person would say this about others' misfortunes, so the phrase's use today is in suggesting someone else would say it out of lack of sympathy or ignorance.

The usual interpretation of the phrase is that Marie-Antoinette understood little about the plight of the poor and cared even less. There are two problems with that interpretation: 1. There's no evidence of any kind that Marie-Antoinette ever uttered those word or anything like them and 2. The phrase, in as much as it can be shown to be associated with the French nobility, can be interpreted in other ways, for example, it could have either ironic or even a genuine attempt to offer cake to the poor as an alternative to the bread that they couldn't afford.

Hello Hailey Marie Antoinette (last queen of France) and the French Revolution: After the Bastille was stormed on July 14, 1789, the queen urged the king to resist the Assembly's reforms, making her even more unpopular, and leading to the attribution to her of the remark, "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!" -- "Let them eat cake!" In October, 1789, the royal couple were forced to move to Paris. Reportedly planned by Marie Antoinette, the escape of the royal couple from Paris was stopped at Varennes on October 21, 1791. Imprisoned with the king, Marie Antoinette continued to plot. She hoped for foreign intervention to end the revolution and free the royal family. She urged her brother, the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, to intervene, and supported a declaration of war against Austria in April, 1792, which she hoped would result in the defeat of France.

Hello Hailey, "Let them eat cake" is a joking disclaimer of responsibility for some group of people denying any responsibility towards them. A:The budget will allow each one of our managers to get a substantial holiday bonus. B: And what about the rest of the employees? A: Let them eat cake! Here A disclaims the financial rights of the employees in the form of the joking statement "let them eat cake", that is supposed to have been said by Marie Antoinette as Richard mentioned. It sounds ridiculous and reckless, since cake is more expensive than bread.

yes i agree let them speak or do ,but you mutst be strong and patient