This seems to me very implausible, because our panem et circenses are too good today. People will be too busy with their comfy couches and Netflix, their NFL, t

This seems to me very implausible, because our panem et circenses are too good today. People will be too busy with their comfy couches and Netflix, their NFL, their darknet hashish, and their Instagram to revolt. Also, the system is tuned so that labor servility is high (by setting the price of housing and medicine such that the people must scramble all the time to meet basic expenses) so idleness and therefore active discontent is rare.