True enough, but in the historical nature of governments placating the masses, the "circuses" were accompanied by "bread." "Bread and Circuses."

The Roman historian Juvenal originated the phrase, "“Two things only the people anxiously desire — bread and circuses.”

So where is the bread? People are having a hard time of it right now, and granted, some get welfare, but not everyone.

But true enough, we certainly do have our circuses, led by the Clown In Chief in the White House.