You misunderstand what that quote means. The people having bread and entertainment isn’t some kind of trick to lull people into a sense of complacency by diverting them from some ideal society where everyone is hungry and bored, it’s pointing out that when a society fails to provide people with these things, they change things until the problem is fixed.
Free bread and entertainment seems like a good deal
That’s what they want you to think
You misunderstand what that quote means. The people having bread and entertainment isn’t some kind of trick to lull people into a sense of complacency by diverting them from some ideal society where everyone is hungry and bored, it’s pointing out that when a society fails to provide people with these things, they change things until the problem is fixed.
Except neither the entertainment nor the bread is free. I wonder what percentage of the average person’s income is spent on food and/or entertainment.