Yes, the tyrants are always pleased when “panem et circenses” keep the masses preoccupied.
“Yes, the tyrants are always pleased when “panem et circenses” keep the masses preoccupied.”
It can’t go on forever; the bar business in my town, which really capitalized on football, is in tatters as fewer and fewer people have any money to spend in a bar. Even the Hispanic sports bars that are replacing “American” bars are having a hard time making a go of it (as our illegals are idled). Anyone I knew who held season tickets to the Giants or Jets gave them up when the new stadium was built; it was simply the worst timing imaginable...