“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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‘twas the summer of ‘84

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

its from the dystopian George Orwell novel ‘1984’

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

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

I don’t make the rules