Bread & Circuses

"As we are fully immersed in this current electoral cycle, whether we would like to be or not, I thought some reflection on just how utterly absurd the whole “democratic” process has become was appropriate. What we are witnessing is the Roman equivalent of Bread & Circuses. To distract, mollify and pacify the American citizenry. The aim is to keep the populace from full-scale revolt. Overthrowing the entire corrupt political establishment, with all their attendant taxes and privileges that bleed the rest of society dry."