[MCH]

There is the rub. Taxes are up. Prices for essentials are up, but you can still get a lot of flat screen TV for your money.

The modern technological equivalent of bread and circuses, with the added advantage that it brings non-stop elitist propaganda into your home if you're dumb enough to tune in.

[cuban leaf]

The modern technological equivalent of bread and circuses, with the added advantage that it brings non-stop elitist propaganda into your home if you’re dumb enough to tune in.

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HA! I’ve said for many years that we are in the Bread and Circuses phase. :-)

And the last part of your sentence covers why I dumped TV in 1997. :-D