[Stentor]

It’s designed to temper the unwise passions of the unwashed masses since 350 BC or whenever they created the model.

So there have been Johnnie Walker soaked country club douche bags knowing what's good for everybody else since 350 BC?

[TheThirdRuffian]

“So there have been Johnnie Walker soaked country club douche bags knowing what’s good for everybody else since 350 BC?”

I think the Romans were more into wine, but yes.

(And, for the record, I made up the date. Founding of the Roman Republic is around there, give or take 100 years.)