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Yes, just like the citizens of the roman empire cheered their favorite gladiator on, until he was killed by another great gladiator. But hell, at least they never had time to think about their misery.
85% of those living in the roman empire were slaves, and we are headed there ourselves. The left just needs to keep us amused with basketball, football, hockey, the Olympic games, movies, television, music, pc games, etc. etc,. etc, so that Americans will never have time to consider how miserable they really are.