# "In it for the yocks" = trolling?

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Who was the Chinese fellow who said of the French Revolution: “Good or bad? Too soon to tell.”

Zhou Enlai. He was speaking of the revolution in [1968](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1968_events_in_France), which didn’t really accomplish much – but in 1972, it was indeed too soon to tell.

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