booyaahedron 🆗
And they will never revolt - removed the pluralisation of circus to make it fit. See thread for context around the print
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Did this in the last 30 mins of my open session at workshop yesterday. Grab a bunch of the random wood prints often used at our taster classes. l've wanted to do a wonky no matching type print for ages
This is the second test print (swipe to see the form and the first print). If I had a bit more time I would done a 3rd to sort out the C and S in circus
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Jan 25 at 3:06pmWeb
Show threadbooyaahedron 🆗Jan 25

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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