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.
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.