Bread and Circuses
"It is hard not to write satire," the ancient writer Juvenal wrote almost
2 milennia ago.
The times now mirror almost too well the decline of the Roman empire.
"Panem et circenses" or bread and circuses was his disgust near the end when Romans were distributed free bread and attended bloody spectacles.
Let's see, may be MacDonalds and television could be bread and circuses today!
Bread and circuses has also become a general term for government policies that seek short-term solutions to public unrest.
Yes, Juvenal, it has become just too easy to write satire today!
See my complete essay at www.http://thomasjamesmartin.com/breadcircus.htm
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