There’s a very old saying that I think was attributed to a Roman leader which went something like “Games and bread”, humans have been easy to swat for a very long time.
Juvenal, a poet in ancient Rome. He wrote a whole series of books with satirical social commentary. A spiritual predecessor of George Carlin, so to speak.
There’s a very old saying that I think was attributed to a Roman leader which went something like “Games and bread”, humans have been easy to swat for a very long time.
Bread and circuses
Shall we fiddle now, or fiddle later? Either way, there shall be fiddling!
English is closer to the original expression. In German, we say “Brot und Spiele” (lit. bread and games), hence the poster wrote it that way.
Juvenal, a poet in ancient Rome. He wrote a whole series of books with satirical social commentary. A spiritual predecessor of George Carlin, so to speak.