• oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        5 days ago

        At least Nero still did the whole bread and circuses act and was mostly liked by the public.

        He’s much more of a later Roman emperor who stopped giving a shit about the bread and circuses idea.

        • Tobberone@lemm.ee
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          5 days ago

          You mean to say that Facebook isn’t the main distraction of the -10s? Before Facebook it was TV that was the circus and low prices and no/hidden VAT provided the bread.

      • CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        Except Nero was popular with the little people. He‘s more of a Caligula. Especially after his latest transformation.