To: vox_freedom; FReepers; Patriots; FRiends
Bread and Circuses is a metaphor for a superficial means of appeasement.
In the case of politics, the phrase is used to describe the creation of public approval, not through exemplary or excellent public service or public policy, but through the mere satisfaction of the immediate, shallow requirements of a populace.
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421 posted on
11/18/2013 7:07:49 PM PST by
Lady Jag
(Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society. - Aristotle)
To: Lady Jag
Bread and Circuses and Cream of Jive
424 posted on
11/18/2013 7:19:50 PM PST by
MeshugeMikey
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To: Lady Jag
Bread and Circuses is a metaphor for a superficial means of appeasement. Wow, that's the description of Obamacare!
426 posted on
11/18/2013 7:21:18 PM PST by
vox_freedom
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