The Hub
👤 The Hub Canada
Aug 6, 2026
· 5 min read
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Two cheers for bread and circuses
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Two cheers for bread and circuses
COMMENTARY
6 AUGUST 2026
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Has anything so good been the victim of so much bad press as “bread and circuses”? Ever since Juvenal decried the concerns of Romans who had traded their republic responsibilities for free food and frivolity as “panem et circenses,” the phrase has been applied disapprovingly to government policies that please the people. The Hub is no exception. With so many reasons to criticise soccer, the editors decried government spending on the World Cup as “bread and circuses” on the valid, if mundane, grounds of fiscal …
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