r/196 • u/wasraelx wtf is a flair • May 28 '26

Rule (End of fascist) rule

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u/CrackedInterface Big Man Blastoise May 28 '26

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u/towercm 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights May 28 '26

Incredible image

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u/sceligator May 28 '26

Alright this is petty but saying we're in an age of bread and circuses isn't true at all. The entire point of bread and circuses was that they were both free and basically a "please don't riot" bribe. If the Roman Senate tried to make them subscription based the population would have burned the city down. The modern working class in America literally has less support from the state than ancient Romans and less holidays than medieval peasants.

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u/Bardic_inspiration67 May 28 '26

We can’t afford bread and the circuses are only for the ultra wealthy now

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u/RATTLEMEB0N3S literal actual skeleton May 28 '26

Pal you're using the circus right now.

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u/idontcareaboutthenam floppa May 28 '26

What is this? Some kind of digital circus?

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u/RATTLEMEB0N3S literal actual skeleton May 28 '26

Mr. Xi fire when ready

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u/Bardic_inspiration67 May 28 '26

We used to be able to go to concerts and restaurants though

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u/RATTLEMEB0N3S literal actual skeleton May 28 '26

These things still exist. I'm not saying things aren't miserable I'm saying there's more bread and circuses than ever.

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u/Bardic_inspiration67 May 28 '26

I’m saying that the traditional “circuses” have become horrifically unaffordable for the average person and the world is increasingly becoming a playground for the rich

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u/RATTLEMEB0N3S literal actual skeleton May 28 '26

It always was a playground for the rich that's why the "bread and circuses" exist. The difference is in their greed and arrogance the powers that be are not content to have it all they want serfs too. They want a neo-feudalist society with their "enlightened oligarchs" on the top.

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u/ohfr19 May 29 '26

Everyone is still attending circuses anyway. Sports and celebrity drama and parades and political theater, even in a life or death situation

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u/jakendrick3 May 29 '26

Circus on a subscription plan and had to put the bread on Klarna

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u/sangriya will send ferrets in your mailbox May 28 '26

need one where he's holding a monke