Bread and circuses

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By using the modern equivalence of bread and circuses, constant media distractions, partisan political theater, and cherry-picked economic data.

We know it's all fabricated.

They cook the books.

And I'm curious, like, how do you kind of think about this, uh, what does this signal to you, um, and how do you kind of square it with the, the affordability crisis everyone has been talking about, which has become a big midterm issue?

Well, the, the headline I put next to the item was Bread and Circuses, which is, you know, a reference to Roman emperors giving away free bread and holding gladiatorial games to keep the mob of Rome happy.

But it also reminded me of, of my work in Latin America and Mexico particularly.

In the old days, the ruling party would give away buy- bags of groceries on election day to try and go out and ba- buy votes, and that's essentially what Donald Trump is doing.

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Or if you just want to read that particular piece, as I said, it's titled Bread, Circuses, and Violent Delights.

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August 2026 Trumpet Magazine.

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All right, ladies and gentlemen, we are introducing a new segment today called the Bread and Circuses segment in which we are going to be primarily discussing the cultural happenings of the day.

What is going on in the zeitgeist as a means to captivate control and suppress the masses with mindless entertainment? Producer Blake is very excited about this for some reason.

And the reason that I don't know the reason he's so excited is that he has refused to tell me what it is.

It's an album.

The, the, the, uh, title translates to Bread and Circuses.

Right.

So they're referencing f- 1968, like, kind of stuff coming from France and the French Revolution.

But at least we can always turn on football or March Madness or the World Series or the UFC.

Bread and Circuses, bro.

Yeah, Bread and Circuses.

That's it.

Bread and Circuses, man.

Well, if I took the two of you and I threw you guys somewhere in the world with a whole bunch of weapons and you have to kill each other-

Whoa, whoa.

So it, it, it's as long as people are getting paid, that's what's gonna happen.

This is your place to talk about the important political and legal issues of the day from the perspective of putting America first.

Today's segment, Bread Circuses and a Borrowed Check.

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