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[–] morto@piefed.social 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Bread and circuses politics get criticized, but the irony is that we're losing even that

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Seriously, they barely have to manufacture consent anymore. Just argue that [insert country] BAD and America is GOOD. Don't think about the diplomatic, economic, military, and covert actions the US did to [insert country] in the past.

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 16 points 1 day ago

It's been a pretty safe recipe for millennia.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Yeah bread and circus has its issues, and I dislike that it's used to stratify wealth. But also it's a baseline of function for a government. It's that needs are met and the population has entertainment. It prevents revolts that need to happen, yes, but it also prevents revolts that don't and will just make things worse