"Bread and Circuses" (from Latin: panem et circenses) is a - TopicsExpress



          

"Bread and Circuses" (from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metaphor for a superficial means of appeasement. In the case of politics, the phrase is used to describe the creation of public approval, not through exemplary or excellent public service or public policy, but through diversion; distraction; or the mere satisfaction of the immediate, shallow requirements of a populace, as an offered "palliative."
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:19:53 +0000

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