> Our modern version of bread and circuses is like nothing humanity has ever experienced in all of recorded history. We did things the Romans never dreamed possible, like making the poor the most likely to be obese. We are also the most passively entertained and the least used to strenuous physical labor outdoors. ... What past civil upheaval would have ever happened with our current societal conditions?
Not that I am advocating anything n particular, but this could be retooled to support the contention that a timely, surgical, and decisive action in DC would encounter minimal resistance in flyover country.
Given human nature, I doubt there would be any resistance from the general populace in reaction to anything that happens in DC or anywhere else over politics. At least while the food, entitlements and entertainment flow.
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