History tells us what happens when the bread and circus stops

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• Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Guess its time to revolt

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  • earphone843@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It won’t happen until there’s a critical mass of starving people.

    Things are going to get much worse before it happens.

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    • hOrni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      So in two years then? Wanna set up a meeting place now?

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• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  When it got this bad in Rome most emperors quickly pulled a Liberalitas and, quite literally, showered the plebs in coins or at the very least, tokens for the grain dole. Unsurprisingly this worked (though it did have its limits).

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• Sunshine@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This is literally what happened to cinemas and popcorn!

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• Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Social media is the circus

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  • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The leaders are the clowns

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