bread and circuses
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My second takeaway is that bread and circuses — the Roman phrase for distracting the populace with spectacle — was in full force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
Then again, it's pretty easy to pull off this feat in a society sated only by bread and circuses.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2023
We might ask our governments to aim for more than mere bread and circuses, though.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2022
At the very beginning of the presentation, Zuckerberg attempted to assure viewers that all this metaverse talk wasn’t just bread and circuses, referencing “all the scrutiny and public debate” currently swirling around his company.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2021
Those who to-day bear the brunt of our evils dare not throw themselves upon the mercy of their masters, not though there are bread and circuses as a reward.
From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann
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