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Ah, I see.
Oct. 30th, 2014 11:28 pmCompare and contrast.
David Graeber (of Debt) and Thomas Piketty (of Capital) in conversation.
Quinn Norton on celebrating the Giants' win in the Mission.
"Keeping the dissatisfied poor satisfied with circuses and bits of bread goes back to at least Roman times, where the Caesars coined the term bread and circuses as a way of giving enough to the people to keep them under control. But it points to the need to keep them, that the people for whom we need bread and circuses are both dangerous and angry. This mass of people must be placated, be allowed their pressure valves, in order that nothing changes for the worse, or better."
"A lot depends on ... the ability of the elites to persuade the rest of the population that the present situation is acceptable. If an effective apparatus of persuasion is in place, there is no reason why the system should not continue to exist as it is."
"The riots start where the circuses fail."
David Graeber (of Debt) and Thomas Piketty (of Capital) in conversation.
Quinn Norton on celebrating the Giants' win in the Mission.
"Keeping the dissatisfied poor satisfied with circuses and bits of bread goes back to at least Roman times, where the Caesars coined the term bread and circuses as a way of giving enough to the people to keep them under control. But it points to the need to keep them, that the people for whom we need bread and circuses are both dangerous and angry. This mass of people must be placated, be allowed their pressure valves, in order that nothing changes for the worse, or better."
"A lot depends on ... the ability of the elites to persuade the rest of the population that the present situation is acceptable. If an effective apparatus of persuasion is in place, there is no reason why the system should not continue to exist as it is."
"The riots start where the circuses fail."