IIRC Major American universities get a lot of money from successful alumni. Isn't this an equivalent of the old fashioned Roman games and bread? Today, we are

IIRC Major American universities get a lot of money from successful alumni. Isn't this an equivalent of the old fashioned Roman games and bread? Today, we are collectively less into gladiators and more into colleges. "The rich in many countries are no longer paying much in the way of taxes" The taxation levels in OECD countries are way higher than whatever any Roman emperor could dream of, and the top 1 per cent usually pays ~ 30 per cent of the total income tax revenue.