Reminds of Juvenal's Satire X: ... Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a

Reminds of Juvenal's Satire X: ... Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses