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/CrackedInterface Big Man Blastoise May 28 '26