The Bread is a Lie
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Context: "Every sports arena that involves public money is a ripoff for the taxpayers, but the bread and circus means no one cares they are being ripped off."
It's worse than bread and circus.
The old bread and circus actually provided cheap bread.
The new bread and circus is all circus, no bread.
Hashtag: #TheBreadIsALie
In the News
The useless poor are taking gilded bread from the mouths of billionaires.
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Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Bread and circuses @ Wikipedia
- Cura Annnonae @ Wikipedia
Social media
- Post @ Twitter (2 May 2023)