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“films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.”

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Trav 1y ago

This is silly... Me enjoying a baseball game, beer with my friends, or film with my wife doesn't make me some compliant sheep.

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crayonsmell 1y ago

its from the dystopian George Orwell novel ‘1984’

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Trav 1y ago

Indeed... originally spoken as, "bread and circuses" -Juvenal

I suppose weak minds can become consumed and distracted by these enjoyments.

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Hack0 1y ago

I don’t make the rules