The term bread and circus was coined by the ancient Roman poet Juvenal

[elleng]

in order to describe a method by which an unresponsive government can placate a population. Basically for as long as the powerful are able to supply the masses with a rudimentary level of food and a steady stream of entertainment, they will be able to prevent a significant level of civil unrest.

[Haggard Celine]

1. Sometimes I think I am living in the matrix.

They feed me enough to keep me from waking up and realizing my actual condition. But I know, there lies madness!

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. The GOP version

All Circus. No Bread.

[flying_wahini]

3. Touche!

[Takket]

4. Whatever. I'm going to go make a sandwich and watch baseball

[CatWoman]

5. hence the many games played out in the Colloseum and elsewhere

[kentuck]

6. I think it cannot go on forever.

There is going to be a huge collision between reality and the lies.

And it is going to leave massive devastation.