Seriously, they barely have to manufacture consent anymore. Just argue that [insert country] BAD and America is GOOD. Don’t think about the diplomatic, economic, military, and covert actions the US did to [insert country] in the past.
Yeah bread and circus has its issues, and I dislike that it’s used to stratify wealth. But also it’s a baseline of function for a government. It’s that needs are met and the population has entertainment. It prevents revolts that need to happen, yes, but it also prevents revolts that don’t and will just make things worse
Bread and circuses politics get criticized, but the irony is that we’re losing even that
It’s been a pretty safe recipe for millennia.
Seriously, they barely have to manufacture consent anymore. Just argue that [insert country] BAD and America is GOOD. Don’t think about the diplomatic, economic, military, and covert actions the US did to [insert country] in the past.
Yeah bread and circus has its issues, and I dislike that it’s used to stratify wealth. But also it’s a baseline of function for a government. It’s that needs are met and the population has entertainment. It prevents revolts that need to happen, yes, but it also prevents revolts that don’t and will just make things worse