08/08/2024
Bread & Circuses!!!
"Bread and circuses" describes well
how Ancient Rome socially engineered
its citizens with free food and
entertainment. To keep the people
satisfied and unquestioning of the
government, emperors provided free
bread and daily entertainment. But,
there was no generosity here, it was
simply pragmatic to maintain their
political and military power structure
across three continents. Moreover, the
entertainment reflected life in general
under the empire, from the brutality
of bloodshed to the avoidance of
starvation.
Now look at how this is playing out
in this present moment? Big sports
still continue on to keep the masses
distracted and to also steer society with
agendas they integrate into their shows
and advertising. The television is simply
not a benign piece of entertainment, it
never was, and until people realise how
much of a manipulative installation
into society it was then they will
never understand how this world truly
operates.
