I should’ve said I have zero faith in the wealthy to actually do anything useful. I just figure if things get too bad and their investments start losing significant value, some of them might speak up out of pure self-interest. Snapping up properties dirt cheap is only worthwhile if someone can afford to live there.
Bread and circus. The dial on the circus went up (social media) so the powerful can now steal the bread (goods).
It’s all just more of the same.
The “bread” in “bread and circus” means subsidizing the basic needs ie bread so that everyone can afford to live. They’re not even doing that.
Juvenal objected to anything that would benefit the poor.
I should’ve said I have zero faith in the wealthy to actually do anything useful. I just figure if things get too bad and their investments start losing significant value, some of them might speak up out of pure self-interest. Snapping up properties dirt cheap is only worthwhile if someone can afford to live there.