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The voters in both the Roman Empire and the United States are content with bread and circuses.
by jiggawatts 2y ago
The voters in both the Roman Empire and the United States are content with bread and circuses.
- bamboozled 2y agoIt's true but Rome was under constant physical attack and that was part of what caused the actual downfall. I guess we could say The USA and probably the broader democratic world is under information attacks.
- acdha 2y agoThat phrase is darker and, alas, more apt than commonly understood: https://acoup.blog/2024/12/20/collections-on-bread-and-circuses/ https://acoup.blog/2024/12/20/collections-on-bread-and-circu...