Is there anything more #PanemEtCircenses than a Super Bowl presided over by a fascist?
And all those performers who had to the chance to speak out said absolutely fuck-all.
*Nothing*
Fucking cowards.
Take a page out of Celtic's playbook for how to do it:
“Bread and circuses” is a famous phrase originating from the Roman satirical poet Juvenal around 100 AD, which describes a political strategy of pacifying the public through basic needs and entertainment.
#history #PanemEtCircenses https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust/113853010157194851
Correction to the #toot above.
The 2nd defense against #ClassSolidarity is mollification in the form of #PanemEtCircenses …
#BreadAndCircuses #Hollywood #ProfessionalSports #KillYourTelevision
The #entertainment industry isn’t #art — it’s #EliteOffense
My niece got me into #HungerGamesTrilogy books (she's a smart cookie) years ago. They're not just for #youngadults!
from 2012: #ClimateChange in The #HungerGames
How #dystopian young-adult fiction is tackling the social consequences of #GlobalWarming.
By Torie Bosch
March 21, 2012
"For those who have remained immune to The Hunger Games’ hype (and that’s just silly—read the books already!), Suzanne Collins’ story revolves around a cruel yearly pageant held in the country of Panem: One boy and one girl from each of 12 “districts” scattered through what used to be the United States are sent to battle to the death in a reality TV competition. Twenty-three will die; one will survive to live a life of luxury. We’re told that the games were instituted by the leaders of the Capitol, which governs Panem, to keep the district residents docile: The forced sacrifice of their children reminds them that they are allowed to live only so that they may provide the Capitol with goods and entertainment, panem et circenses."
«Va a hacer falta mucho #fútbol para que el populacho trague con nuestras guerras y genocidios; supresión de sus derechos humanos, laborales, civiles, sociales y políticos, individuales y colectivos; salvaguarda de nuestros privilegios; embrutecimiento planificado; robo de sus hospitales, estafa en el precio de sus hogares y alimentos, etc… sin rebelarse». #PanemEtCircenses
Prioritäten der Deutschen Medienschaffenden und mit ihnen der einer ganzen Republik.
Today I drove by a Trump-as-Rambo flag, a ‘Guns God and Trump’ flag, two ‘Trump 2020’ banners, and a ‘Trump 2024, Take America Back’ banner. The cult are doubling down on their vandal king. Feels like we are in our late-stage Roman Empire era.
#panemetcircenses
ICYMI
via @markmccaughrean
from Alt-text: "... adds up to a snapshot of modern civilisation consuming energy to produce crappy food & fly willy nilly around the world, killing us with climate change. And yet just like the Romans, as long as we have bread & circuses, we remain docile."
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"Bread & circuses: a twenty-first century tableau at the sunset of yet another civilisation.
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Bread & circuses: a twenty-first century tableau at the sunset of yet another civilisation.
(See alt text for an explanation of everything in the shot.)
As seen during this evening’s 55km ride, again from day into night to avoid the hot temperatures of earlier on.
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King Charles reveals details of the hashtag to be used for all discussion of the coronation on social media:
