In Roman times I believe this was known as 'Cake and Circus' - not much progress in 2000 years thencycle tramp wrote: ↑29 Nov 2021, 7:13pm I do wonder if the lack of public interest in democracy is based on several factors;
That for the majority* our basic living needs gave been met (housing, access to food and safe water, freedom of movement, freedom to seek better employment, and basic health care) (*ie those without disabilities, mental health issues and on a living wage)
That there are too many distractions when not at work, books, magazines, films, theatre, television, website forums.
As ever, challenging a rich ruling class is very, very difficult. Tales from Bolivia sound interesting - that's the next book on my reading list