In the Roman days, the phrase meant superficial appeasement of the masses by the politicians. It was a tactic to prevent the uprising of the lower class. My point is that these days, the ruling class isn’t bothering to give the populace any appeasement. No give, only take. The small artists and performers are fantastic, but they are organized at the small, local level by the very class of people that are being repressed, and so do not fit in the ‘bread and circuses’ quote.
No, we still have that. It’s just that the circus is a carefully formulated mix of emotional content being pushed to your pocket tracker and the bread is high fructose corn syrup.
soooooo the lower class is getting priced out of both the bread AND the circuses?
This is an insanely poignant analogy. At least the Romans had their collosium before they fell. We ain’t even got that.
But you still have the White House UFC fight. Just subscribe to paramount plus and you can watch people fight for your entertainment!
Even the worst emperors made sure the circuses were accessible.
The circus is the Iran war
No. Plenty of free and cheap things to do that small artists and performers do. The World Cup is corrupt garbage. Turn it off.
Although you are correct, you miss my point.
In the Roman days, the phrase meant superficial appeasement of the masses by the politicians. It was a tactic to prevent the uprising of the lower class. My point is that these days, the ruling class isn’t bothering to give the populace any appeasement. No give, only take. The small artists and performers are fantastic, but they are organized at the small, local level by the very class of people that are being repressed, and so do not fit in the ‘bread and circuses’ quote.
No, we still have that. It’s just that the circus is a carefully formulated mix of emotional content being pushed to your pocket tracker and the bread is high fructose corn syrup.
No more bread and circuses, now it’s… crud and brises.