[the invisib1e hand]

True. The Romans weren’t continually doped up on the hallucinogens of mass media.

[Joe 6-pack]

"The Romans weren’t continually doped up on the hallucinogens of mass media."

You are familiar with the phrase, "bread and circuses," aren't you? Of course when it first came into use, it was more likely articulated as, "panem et circenses."