Context behind print: the full phrase (according to Goodreads) goes, "Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt."
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The phrase is attributed to is attributed to Juvenal (Satires, Satire X), a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD (Wikipedia)
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Whilst it may have been originally to refer to superficial appeasement. It speaks truly about our situation of inaction in the face of fascist politics and the oligarchy
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they're all the usual BDS suspects, McDs, Starbucks, Netflix and Google to name a few
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Don't wait to do something as they take away your friends and neighbours.
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Cause if you wait till they come for you it will be too late
Free Pa/estine!
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