History tells us what happens when the bread and circus stops

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Guess its time to revolt
- It won't happen until there's a critical mass of starving people.
  
  Things are going to get much worse before it happens.
  
  So in two years then? Wanna set up a meeting place now?
When it got this bad in Rome most emperors quickly pulled a Liberalitas and, quite literally, showered the plebs in coins or at the very least, tokens for the grain dole. Unsurprisingly this worked (though it did have its limits).
This is literally what happened to cinemas and popcorn!
Social media is the circus

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